WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh August 14th 2018

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<v Speaker 1>Folks, there's a lawsuit in California, San Mateo County Superior Court.

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<v Speaker 1>It alleges that YouTube has set minority hiring quotas. The

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<v Speaker 1>suits filed by somebody named Arn Wilburg, a YouTube recruiter

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<v Speaker 1>who also worked for YouTube's parent company Google Now. Wilburg

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<v Speaker 1>claims that last spring, YouTube recruiters were instructed to only

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<v Speaker 1>interview female, black, or Hispanic applicants. The suit also says

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<v Speaker 1>the company told recruiters to purge the applications of anybody

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<v Speaker 1>not fitting those categories. Wilburg, a white male, says he

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<v Speaker 1>complained and when he was ignored, he went to Google

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<v Speaker 1>management and shortly after that they fired him. Google says

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<v Speaker 1>this is rubbish, that they don't use identity to hire,

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<v Speaker 1>just merit now. According to the Wall Street Journal, sixty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of Google's employees are men, white, and Asian guy's

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<v Speaker 1>account for nine of the Google staff, and the tech

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<v Speaker 1>industry has had a big push to diversify. The journal

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<v Speaker 1>also reports that people familiar with Google and YouTube hiring

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<v Speaker 1>practices corroborate some of the lawsuits allegations, including the hiring

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<v Speaker 1>freeze on white and Asian guys and YouTube's use of

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<v Speaker 1>racial quotas. The journal says the lawsuit threatens to ignite

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<v Speaker 1>simmering controversy about Silicon Valleys politics and whether it's predominantly

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<v Speaker 1>liberal ideology is affecting how companies operate. That's controversial. Is

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<v Speaker 1>there anybody anywhere who thinks liberal ideology has not infected

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<v Speaker 1>and corrupted Silicon Valley h