Former Google engineer James Damore — who caused a firestorm in August with a company-wide memo calling the tech giant an “ideological echo chamber” — has filed a class action lawsuit against the company, claiming discrimination against white male conservatives.
Damore’s lawsuit says the “presence of Caucasians and males was mocked with ‘boos’ during companywide weekly meetings,” while female workers were celebrated “solely due to their gender.” He’s joined in the lawsuit by former Google engineer named David Gudeman, who worked for the company for three years. The lawsuit — filed in Santa Clara County in Northern California — is seeking monetary, non-monetary, and punitive damages.