In an email to Jewish employees, Google diversity strategy lead Kamau Bobb apologizes for a 2007 post in which he said Jews have “insatiable appetite for war”
Google's head of diversity strategy is under fire over a 2007 blog post in which he wrote that Jews have …
It also fits a longer arc of internal friction at Google over identity and speech, going back to the 10-page anti-diversity memo circulated internally in 2017, and it foreshadows what came next: weeks later, Google Cloud VP Amr Awadallah departed after staff complained about a manifesto on his own past antisemitism.
First-order effects
Bobb's apology goes directly to Jewish employees inside Google, an attempt to contain damage within the workforce while his formal role has already moved out of the diversity strategy portfolio.
Second-order effects
The episode establishes a template that repeats almost immediately: Amr Awadallah's departure shows that employee complaints over past or present writings on antisemitism now translate into concrete personnel outcomes at Google, not just statements.
Third-order effects
If the pattern holds, Google's diversity leadership becomes a structurally exposed position — vetted retroactively by resurfaced archives — while the company's Israel-linked business, including the $1.2B Project Nimbus contract that staff later protested, keeps speech and staffing questions entangled with commercial commitments.
The trend: Google's treatment of employees' past writings on antisemitism and Israel is hardening into a repeatable playbook — reassignment, apology, sometimes departure — as workplace speech disputes keep colliding with its diversity function and its Israeli contracts.
Pro-tip: if you are going to make your career about “Diversity Strategy,” maybe don't write gaslighting posts about how you would feel *if* you were a Jew... 🤯 https://www.kamaubobb.com/...
“If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing” “I would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering [of] others.” - Kamau Bobb, head of diversity at @Google 🤯 How is the obscene, antisemitic bigot still employed there? https:…
In an appalling 2007 post, @Google head of diversity Kamau Bobb claimed that Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war” & are insensitive to others who are suffering. Absurd! How did #Google promote someone with such hateful, anti-Semitic views to lead their diversity strategy? h…
(THREAD) @Google, why is your head of “diversity” the same person who appeared to write a 2007 blog post titled, “If I Were A Jew?” ❌ He claimed that Israel, Jews' “homeland,” has an “insatiable appetite for vengeful violence.”
GOOGLE HEAD OF DIVERSITY SLAMMED FOR ANTI-SEMITIC POST: The company's head of diversity strategy Kamau Bobb is under fire after a report surfaced a blog post of his where he says Jewish people have an “insatiable appetite for war” — the co-hosts discuss. https://abcnews.go.com/th…
Shocking comments from @kamaubobb - @Google's head of diversity - writing Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war.” Any Google search on #antisemitism can show that's exactly what Bobb expresses in this blog. An explanation is needed here immediately. https://www.timesofisrael.…
The head of diversity for @Google is a big champion of “antiracism” and “equity.” That must be why @KamauBobb has publicly promoted antisemitic blood libels, accusing Jews of an “insatiable appetite for war and killing.” https://nypost.com/...
“If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing” “I would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering [of] others.” - Kamau Bobb, head of diversity at @Google 🤯 How is the obscene, antisemitic bigot still employed there? https:…
@kamaubobb @google? How about a letter to everyone? Not just Jewish google employees? If you share your ideas in public, you need to account for them in public. https://twitter.com/...
I believe criticizing Bobb for this is completely legitimate and I would not weep if he were to be fired. But buried in this story is the news that Google has an Employee Resource Group called “Jewgler” presumably for Jewish employees and that seems . . . uh . . . https://twitter…
Imagine a non-Black leader in the largest tech company in the world stating that Blacks or Asian Americans have an appetite for violence. Yet apparently it's ok to say that about #Jews. This from @kamaubobb #Google's head of Diversity Strategy https://www.google.com/...
BREAKING: Google announces that Kamau Bobb “will no longer be a part of our diversity team going forward and will focus on his STEM work.” https://twitter.com/...
All of this begs the question whether (1) @Google did due diligence when selecting @kamaubobb for the sensitive position of global Google DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) Director and (2) whether he should remain in these positions. @Google - what say you?
Will have to google how it is possible to simultaneously 1) hold (and keep) a senior diversity post and 2) sound like drunk Mel Gibson. I'll even try Bing https://twitter.com/...