How racial bias manifests at Google, according to a new lawsuit

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How racial bias manifests at Google, according to a new lawsuit

A new lawsuit against Google alleges the tech giant has a pattern of discriminating against Black employees—and offers details about how they experience a hostile work environment right from the start.

The lawsuit, filed March 18 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, was brought by April Curley, a Black woman who worked at Google from 2014 until she was fired in 2020. It’s the latest in a series of events highlighting concerns over the company’s treatment of Black employees. In December 2021, Reuters reported that California regulators were investigating allegations of harassment and discrimination against Black women at Google. A year before that, Google faced a backlash after the firing of high-profile AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a Black woman who had openly criticized the company’s DEI efforts.

Curley’s lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, offers illuminating details about the kinds of biases and barriers that Black employees all too frequently face.

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