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A Black ex-Googler claimed she was told by a manager that her Baltimore-accented speech was a disability and later fired
A Black ex-Googler claimed she was told by a manager that her Baltimore-accented speech was a disability and later fired
Kate DuffyDec 22, 2020, 19:22 IST
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A Google employee, who said she was fired by the tech giant in September, claimed Monday that her manager told her that her way of speaking, with a heavy Baltimore accent, was a disability that she should disclose.
April Christina Curley, a Black woman, claimed on Twitter she was repeatedly denied promotions, denied leadership opportunities, shouted at, intentionally excluded from meetings and had her compensation cut at Google.
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A former diversity recruiter at Google opened up about her firing from the tech giant in a lengthy Twitter thread Monday evening, claiming that one of her White managers called her heavy Baltimore accent a disability that she should disclose when meeting with staff internally.
April Christina Curley, a Black queer woman who joined Google in 2014, said she was hired by the company to fundamentally shift the relationship (or lack thereof) that Google had with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, claiming that the tech giant has previously NEVER hired an HBCU student into a tech role.
A former diversity recruiter at Google has opened up about her firing in a lengthy Twitter thread
April Christina Curley accuses the tech giant of showing her the door because they were tired of hearing me call them out on their racist bulls
Curley, a black woman, joined Google in 2014 noting she quickly became aware of all the racist s put in place to keep black students out of their pipeline I routinely called out shady recruitment practices such as screening out resumes of students with unfamiliar school/university names, she said. I experienced active abuse and retaliation from several managers who harassed me- and many other black women.
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A Google employee, who said she was fired by the tech giant in September, claimed Monday that her manager told her that her way of speaking, with a heavy Baltimore accent, was a disability that she should disclose.
April Christina Curley, a Black woman, claimed on Twitter she was repeatedly denied promotions, denied leadership opportunities, shouted at, intentionally excluded from meetings and had her compensation cut at Google. Ultimately my last manager, his manager and HR decided that the best way to shut me up was to fire me, Curley said.
A Google spokesperson told Business Insider: We don t agree with the way April describes her termination, but it s not appropriate for us to provide a commentary about her claims.