Another lawsuit accuses Google of bias against Black minority employees

Tech giant Google is once more under fire for worker discrimination after one of its former employees filed a lawsuit last Friday within the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that business “has a ‘pattern and practice’ of treating its black employees unfairly. Suit [also] “alleges that the corporate has placed them in junior, lower-paying positions and exposed them to a hostile work environment in the event that they speak out.”

The criticism states that “Consistent with its intensely racist corporate culture, Google has a pattern and practice of racially discriminating against its African American and Black employees… Google’s centralized leadership, which is almost devoid of Black representation, has biased and stereotypical views about the skills and potential of Black professionals.”

The lawsuit alleged that April Curley, black woman, “was hired in an entry-level position” despite the fact that she had five years of experience and a master’s degree. After six years with the corporate and despite high performance rates, Curley was wrongfully terminated in September 2020. At Curley’s words“I felt the need to speak out about the racist behaviors, policies and practices that are deeply rooted in the problematic layers of Google’s diversity recruiting efforts and treatment of Black Google employees.”

Another former Google worker, Chloe Sledd, also a black woman, said:[m]My first few months at Google weren’t what I had imagined and almost immediately become a nightmare. A white man on my department floor began sexually harassing me.” After being accused of lying, Google’s human resources department rejected and neglected her claims and threatened her with retaliation. There were sleds mainly “Forced to resign. “It was clear to me that they wanted me to back out, but I didn’t realize what my rights were, so they took advantage of that.”

Attorney Ben Crump he said“Google says its No. 1 core value is working with great people… When you consider the claims of these minorities and look at the data, you can conclude that Google apparently believes that great people are white people. In the process, we announce to Google that Black and brown people are great people too.”

Stomp added“April Curley was an exceptional worker at Google. She was hired for a position well below her qualifications and consistently illegally omitted for promotions… Although Google claims it was committed to increasing diversity, it actually undervalued, underpaid, and mistreated its black employees, resulting in high turnover. “We will not stop until we bring justice to Curley and other Black Google employees and until we see real change in the culture of this company… Google is a Fortune 10 company and with this lawsuit we are telling Google that it is not about profits, it is also about people.”

The lawsuit seeks to acquire class-action status and, as well as, demand that these employees be reinstated existence “they admitted the value of compensation and benefits that they have lost and will lose in the future.”