Lawsuit says Google discriminates against Black workers
Source: AP
By BARBARA ORTUTAY
A former Google employee sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a pattern and practice of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit claims the company steered them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjected them to a hostile work environment if they speak out.
April Curley was hired in 2014 to recruit Black candidates for the company. Her lawsuit, filed on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose, claims she was unlawfully fired in 2020 after she began speaking out and called for reform of the barriers and double standards Google imposed on Black employees and applicants, according to the lawsuit.
Pursuant to its strong, racially biased corporate culture, Google is engaged in a pattern and practice of race discrimination against its African American and Black employees, the complaint states. Googles centralized leadership, which is nearly devoid of Black representation, holds biased and stereotypical views about the abilities and potential of Black professionals.
As a result, the lawsuit continues, Black employees are paid less, advance less and often leave the company.
FILE - A Google sign on the is shown on the company campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. A former Google employee has sued the tech giant saying it engages in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination against its Black workers, steering them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjecting them to a hostile work environment if they speak out. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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