"In January, James Damore, the engineer who was fired after writing a screed against Google’s diversity efforts..."<p>Aaaand, done.<p>Any article that characterizes Damore's memo that way, and most of them do, is misinformation at best. Charitably, such a statement could only be written by someone who either didn't read Damore's memo, or believes they can somehow discern Damore's "real" intent despite his saying exactly the opposite.<p>Wired is tired.
The following phrase from James Damore's memo is worth repeating:<p>"Hiring practices which can effectively lower the bar for "diversity" candidates by decreasing the false negative rate"<p><a href="https://firedfortruth.com/" rel="nofollow">https://firedfortruth.com/</a><p>This is what Google spokesperson means by "We have a clear policy to hire candidates based on their merit, not their identity".