{"id":550705,"date":"2021-06-03T11:07:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550705"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:07:24","slug":"if-googles-head-of-diversity-was-white-and-anti-black-they-would-have-fired-him-why-wasnt-their-black-head-of-diversity-fired-for-anti-semitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-googles-head-of-diversity-was-white-and-anti-black-they-would-have-fired-him-why-wasnt-their-black-head-of-diversity-fired-for-anti-semitism\/","title":{"rendered":"If Google\u2019s \u2018Head Of Diversity\u2019 Was White And Anti-Black, They Would Have Fired Him. Why Wasn\u2019t Their Black \u2018Head Of Diversity\u2019 Fired For Anti-Semitism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-googles-head-of-diversity-was-white-and-anti-black-they-would-have-fired-him-why-wasnt-their-black-head-of-diversity-fired-for-anti-semitism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550705&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-631066318-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Kamau Bobb, listed as the \u201cGlobal Lead for Diversity Strategy and Research at Google\u201d on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kamaubobb.com\/about-1\"><span>website,<\/span><\/a><span> recently caused widespread outrage after it was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/google-refuses-to-fire-head-of-diversity-despite-furious-backlash-to-anti-semitic-blog-post\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that he wrote a since-deleted blog post titled \u201cIf I Were A Jew\u201d in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Individuals and Jewish advocacy groups swiftly denounced the anti-Semitic statements in Bobb\u2019s post, including, \u201cIf I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself,\u201d that Israel has an \u201cinsatiable appetite for vengeful violence,\u201d and a direct comparison of Nazi Germany and Kristallnacht to the military actions of Israel in wars against Islamic terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For example, StopAntisemitism.org responded, asking \u201cHow is the obscene, antisemitic bigot still employed there?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.038147138965\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering [of] others.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Kamau Bobb, head of diversity at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Google<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd2f How is the obscene, antisemitic bigot still employed there? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IzXQkAzmv9\">pic.twitter.com\/IzXQkAzmv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1400065933083877376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>However, Google determined that Bobb\u2019s multiple acts of definitional anti-Semitism warranted a reassignment \u2014 not termination \u2014 announcing that Bobb would be moved to a \u201cSTEM research role.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This shockingly restrained reaction leads us to ask: Would Google apply the same restraint if a hypothetical white \u201chead of diversity\u201d had published a blog post titled, \u201cIf I Were Black?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What if \u201cJew\u201d was replaced by \u201cblack\u201d in the blog post? Would his statements have then warranted a harsher response from the Silicon Valley giant?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p><em><span>\u201cIf I were [black] I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Moreover, what if terrorist groups who actively target black people, in addition to Jews, were arguably defended by such a hypothetical \u201chead of diversity?\u201d In the original post, Bobb effectively defends and justifies the actions of terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em><span>\u201cI would have to believe that the degree of animus, vengeance and violence that they now carry is not rooted in their identity, but rather in their experience.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>What if, as an extreme and horrid example, a white \u201chead of diversity\u201d discussed a white supremacist group in such a manner?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Presumably, we could assume that any anti-black bigotry from any employee \u2014 let alone, the head of diversity \u2014 would elicit an immediate and damning response? It is hard to imagine that a white employee who defended the KKK would simply be reassigned to a different team by one of the \u201cwokest\u201d companies in the California Bay Area. They\u2019d almost certainly be reprimanded and fired, and understandably so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yes, it is true that Bobb apologized, and we should assume that his apology is sincere. But surely the standards required of Google\u2019s \u201chead of diversity\u201d should apply to all races and religions across the spectrum of diversity itself? If our hypothetical white employee apologized in the same manner, saying \u201c<\/span><span>what I wrote crudely characterized the entire black community,\u201d would their apology be accepted by the Big Tech elite?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No, of course not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then why, we must ask, are Jews not afforded the same protection from outright bigotry?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamau Bobb, listed as the \u201cGlobal Lead for Diversity Strategy and Research at Google\u201d on his website, recently caused widespread outrage after it was reported that he wrote a since-deleted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279048,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-631066318-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"If Google\u2019s \u2018Head Of Diversity\u2019 Was White And Anti-Black, They Would Have Fired Him. 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