She said that short of a transparent explanation or further discussion that she would resign after an appropriate amount of time. The company immediately accepted her statement as a resignation and cut her off from all company services and systems. Colleagues have rallied to Gebru’s defense, saying that Google did not treat her fairly and that this incident was an example of how Black employees are often mistreated at the company. “I’ve heard the reaction to Dr. Gebru’s departure loud and clear: It seeded doubts and led some in our community to question their place at Google. Last week, about 2,000 Google employees signed a petition protesting her dismissal from the company and demanding that executives within its research organization be more transparent about the circumstances of Gebru’s exit.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2020 12:22 UTC