page_title: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber
hierarchical_section_title: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber
caption_attribution_description: English: James Damore at Portland State University in 2018.
context_page_description: "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber", commonly referred to as the Google memo, is an internal memo, dated July 2017, by United States-based Google engineer James Damore about Google's culture and diversity policies.
  The memo and Google's subsequent dismissal of Damore in August 2017 became a subject of interest for the media.
  The company fired Damore for violation of the company's code of conduct. Damore filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, but later withdrew this complaint. A lawyer with the NLRB wrote that his firing was proper. After withdrawing this complaint, Damore filed a class action lawsuit, retaining the services of attorney Harmeet Dhillon, alleging that Google was discriminating against conservatives, whites, Asians, and men. Damore dismissed his claims in the lawsuit to pursue arbitration against Google.
context_section_description: "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber", commonly referred to as the Google memo, is an internal memo, dated July 2017, by United States-based Google engineer James Damore (/dəˈmɔːr/) about Google's culture and diversity policies.
  The memo and Google's subsequent dismissal of Damore in August 2017 became a subject of interest for the media.
  The company fired Damore for violation of the company's code of conduct. Damore filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, but later withdrew this complaint. A lawyer with the NLRB wrote that his firing was proper. After withdrawing this complaint, Damore filed a class action lawsuit, retaining the services of attorney Harmeet Dhillon, alleging that Google was discriminating against conservatives, whites, Asians, and men.  Damore dismissed his claims in the lawsuit to pursue arbitration against Google.
caption: James Damore at Portland State University in 2018
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