If Google’s ‘Head Of Diversity’ Was White And Anti-Black, They Would Have Fired Him. Why Wasn’t Their Black ‘Head Of Diversity’ Fired For Anti-Semitism?
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If Google’s ‘Head Of Diversity’ Was White And Anti-Black, They Would Have Fired Him. Why Wasn’t Their Black ‘Head Of Diversity’ Fired For Anti-Semitism?

Ian Haworth

Kamau Bobb, listed as the “Global Lead for Diversity Strategy and Research at Google” on his website, recently caused widespread outrage after it was reported that he wrote a since-deleted blog post titled “If I Were A Jew” in 2007.

Individuals and Jewish advocacy groups swiftly denounced the anti-Semitic statements in Bobb’s post, including, “If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself,” that Israel has an “insatiable appetite for vengeful violence,” and a direct comparison of Nazi Germany and Kristallnacht to the military actions of Israel in wars against Islamic terrorism.

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