Google CEO sends a consolatory email to workers amid rising anti-Asian hate crimes
Last week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees noting the Atlanta shooting’s result on the company’s giant Asian population
“I recognize the consequences of the hateful violence reach manner on the far side Atlanta,” Pichai declared in a companywide email sent last week. “The loss of those eight lives is tragic — then is that the reality that anybody would be targeted thanks to their race or gender as seems to be the case here and in such a large amount of different recent incidents.”
Pichai sent the e-mail when a shooting spree in Georgia last week killed eight people, as well as six Asian women, that spurred nationwide protests over the weekend. Countries including the U.S. have seen a rise in discrimination and violence against members of Asian American and Pacific island-dweller (AAPI) communities throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
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41.9% of Google’s full-time men is comprised of Asian-identifying workers, in step with the company’s latest representation data.
Pichai’s note to employees went on to mention company leaders have checked in with the company’s website leads within the Atlanta area.
“The news is deliberation heavily on all of us,” he continued. “Please reach dead set your managers and teammates if you would like support or a while to process.”
Pichai continued to say the company condemns racism, favoritism, and violence “in all its forms,” adding that it stands with Asian and Pacific island-dweller communities.
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Pichai 1st created a press release in February once he and different school leaders tweeted the hashtag #StopAsianHate, stating “It’s necessary that we have a tendency to not let the violence against Asian & Pacific island-dweller communities fade from the headlines.”, finished CNBC in their report.