Speaker 1: Folks, there's a lawsuit in California, San Mateo County Superior Court.
Speaker 1: It alleges that YouTube has set minority hiring quotas. The
Speaker 1: suits filed by somebody named Arn Wilburg, a YouTube recruiter
Speaker 1: who also worked for YouTube's parent company Google Now. Willburg
Speaker 1: claims that last spring, YouTube recruiters were instructed to only
Speaker 1: interview female, black, or Hispanic applicants. The suit also says
Speaker 1: the company told recruiters to purge the applications of anybody
Speaker 1: not fitting those categories. Wilburg, a white male, says he
Speaker 1: complained and when he was ignored, he went to Google
Speaker 1: management and shortly after that they fired him. Google says
Speaker 1: this is rubbish, that they don't use identity to hire,
Speaker 1: just merit now. According to the Wall Street Journal, six
Speaker 1: of Google's employees are men, white and Asian. Guy's account
Speaker 1: for nine of the Google staff, and the tech industry
Speaker 1: has had a big push to diversify. The journal also
Speaker 1: reports that people familiar with Google and YouTube hiring practices
Speaker 1: corroborate some of the lawsuits allegations, including the hiring freeze
Speaker 1: on white and Asian guys and YouTube's use of racial quotas.
Speaker 1: The journal says the lawsuit threatens to ignite simmering controversy
Speaker 1: about Silicon Valley's politics and whether it's predominantly liberal ideology
Speaker 1: is affecting how companies operate. That's controversial. Is there anybody
Speaker 1: anywhere who thinks liberal ideology has not infected and corrupted
Speaker 1: Silicon Valley