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Google is trying too hard for a diverse culture

Google is being sued by former employees for going too far with its diversity effort

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Google has made modest progress in its plan to create a more diverse work force, with the percentage of women at the company ticking up a bit

Daisuke Wakabayashi | NYT
In 2014, Google became one of the first technology companies to release a race and gender breakdown of its work force. It revealed — to no one’s surprise — that its staff was largely white or Asian and decidedly male.
 
The company explained that it disclosed the figures, in part, because it wanted to be held accountable publicly for not looking “the way we wanted to.”
 
Since then, Google has made modest progress in its plan to create a more diverse work force, with the percentage of women at the company ticking up a bit. But a spate