June 3, 2021
Anyone can harbor prejudice even people with jobs focused on championing diversity.
That’s one lesson from the news that Google has reassigned its head of diversity, Kamau Bobb, over a 2007 blog post in which Bobb wrote, “If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself,” among other antisemitic comments. The post, written in response to Israel’s actions at the time including bombing Lebanon and cutting off Gaza residents’ access to utilities, was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon. The blog post has since been deleted from Bobb’s personal site, but a recovered version can be read here.
This report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Fred Hutch documents the initiatives, progress, programming, events and reflections from the 2020-2021 year. Pause, reflect and reengage as we build on our foundation of critical change to actualize the Fred Hutch mission.
Much of the gender-balance movement has focused on fitting women into a traditional masculine culture and structure. We speak to Julia Muir, author of Change the Game; the Leader’s Route Map to a Winning Gender-balanced Business on how fixing women to fit in better is not the solution.