Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees

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A lawsuit filed on Friday (March 18) accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race. According to a complaint seeking class-action status, Google maintains a 'racially biased corporate culture' that favours white men, where Black people...

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on May 8, 2019.A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race.

The plaintiff, April Curley, also said the Alphabet Inc unit subjected Blacks to a hostile work environment, including by often requiring they show identification or be questioned by security at its Mountain View, California campus.The complaint was filed in the federal court in San Jose, California.

"While Google claims that they were looking to increase diversity, they were actually undervaluing, underpaying and mistreating their Black employees," Curley's lawyer Ben Crump said in a statement.

 

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