Google Accused Of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees, Lawsuit Says
On Friday a lawsuit was reportedly filed accusing Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees.
According to Reuters, the lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Jose, claims the search engine corporation leads them to lower-level jobs, pays them less, and denies growth opportunities within the company because of their race. The complaint is pursuing class-action status and alleges Google defends a “racially bias corporate culture” that caters to white men and where African Americans make up only 4.4 percent of employees and only 3 percent of management.
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Also, April Curley, the plaintiff, then stated Google subjected Black people to a hostile work setting, often instructing them to show identification or be questioned by security at its Mountain View, California campus.
The lawsuit stems from California’s civil rights regulator, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, who started investigating Google’s procedure of Black female workers and possible discrimination in their headquarters.
In September 2020, Curley said Google terminated her after she and her coworkers built a list of reforms. “While Google claims that they were looking to increase diversity, they were actually undervaluing, underpaying and mistreating their Black employees,” Ben Crump, Curley’s lawyer, said in a statement, according to Reuters.
Google has not publicly responded to these allegations yet.