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'''James Damore''' is an engineer who circulated a memo saying, "We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism" - mirroring the viewpoint that forced a Harvard University president to resign several years ago.  

'''James Damore''' is the former [[Google]] engineer fired over a memo criticizing the company's policies on so called [[diversity]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fired Google engineer Damore says the company is hiring and promoting workers based on race or gender |author=John Shinal |date=14 Aug 2017 |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/14/fired-google-engineer-james-damore-says-this-.html |quote=James Damore, the former Google engineer fired over a memo criticizing the company's diversity efforts, says his former employer is discriminating in its hiring practices based on race or gender. Damore, whose online post has divided Google and ignited a national firestorm, told CNBC's "Closing Bell" that Google is "treating people differently based on race or gender."

Google thereupon accused Damore of "advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace".

He also said he is "pursuing legal remedies" against the company over his firing. |accessdate=18 Aug 2017}}</ref> The circulated memo states, ''"We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism"'' - mirroring the viewpoint that forced a Harvard University president to resign several years ago.  

Google thereupon accused Damore of ''"advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace"''.

After being fired by Google, Damore wrote:

After being fired by Google,<ref>{{cite web |title=Google’s censorship will affect us all |author=Paul Price |publisher=CMI |date=18 August 2017 |url=http://creation.com/google-censoring-results |quote=Most recently, Google has made headlines by firing one of their own engineers, James Damore, for posting an internal memo questioning the company’s ‘party line’ concerning feminism and workplace sexual diversity. He had the audacity to suggest that there might be real biological differences between men and women! |accessdate=19 Aug 2017}}</ref> Damore claims his former employer is discriminating in its hiring practices based on race or gender and adds:  

*I committed heresy against the Google creed by stating that not all disparities between men and women that we see in the world are the result of discriminatory treatment.

*''I committed heresy against the Google creed by stating that not all disparities between men and women that we see in the world are the result of discriminatory treatment.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Fired Google engineer James Damore says company is 'like a cult' |author=John Shinal |publisher=CNBC |date=11 Aug 2017 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/11/fired-google-engineer-damore-says-company-is-like-a-cult.html |quote=Damore wrote in the op-ed that he "committed heresy against the Google creed by stating that not all disparities between men and women that we see in the world are the result of discriminatory treatment." |accessdate=19 Aug 2017}}</ref>

At least one university professor said that Damore's 10-page memo was scientifically accurate.

At least one university professor said that Damore's 10-page memo was scientifically accurate.