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Updated 6/3 1:00 ET Google said Wednesday night it had reassigned the company’s diversity lead, whose 2007 blog post suggested Jewish people have an “insatiable appetite for war.” “These writings are unquestionably hurtful,” the company’s press office said in a statement. “The author acknowledges this and has apologized. He will no longer be part of our diversity team going forward.” Kamau Bobb, whose official title at Google was Global Lead of Diversity Strategy and Research, made the offensive remarks on his personal blog years before he joined the company. Nevertheless, their resurfacing deepened concerns about the environment for Jewish people at the company. ....
Google’s diversity chief suggested in a 2007 blog post that Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war,” deepening concerns about the environment for Jewish people at the company. In a 571-word post to his personal blog titled “If I Were A Jew,” Kamau Bobb, Google’s Global Lead of Diversity Strategy and Research, wrote that he thinks it would be difficult to reconcile the Jews’ experience as victims of the Holocaust with “the behavior of Israel as a nation.” Throughout the post, he conflates Israel’s actions with a singular Jewish point of view. “If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself,” Bobb concludes. “Self defense is undoubtedly an instinct, but I would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering others [sic]. My greatest torment would be that I’ve misinterpreted the identity offered by my history and transposed spiritual and human compassion with self righteous ....