Google says it reassigned diversity strategy lead Kamau Bobb to STEM education due to a 2007 post in which he said Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war”
The episode lands against earlier reporting that Google had altered diversity programs while saying it was expanding racial-equity training, making leadership accountability central to how those efforts are received.
First-order effects
Kamau Bobb moves to STEM education, ending his responsibility for Google’s diversity strategy after the resurfaced 2007 post.
Google must manage its diversity agenda without the leader previously charged with that strategy, while addressing the concerns raised among Jewish employees.
Second-order effects
The reassignment draws a sharper operational boundary between Google’s diversity leadership roles and education work, rather than treating an apology as sufficient to restore the prior remit.
Google’s handling gives employees a concrete benchmark for how complaints about leaders’ public statements can affect internal assignments.
Third-order effects
If companies continue to tie diversity leaders’ mandates to trust across employee communities, reputational scrutiny of past public remarks will become a more direct factor in who can credibly hold those posts.
The trend: Corporate diversity programs are increasingly being judged not only by their stated goals but by whether their leaders retain trust across the employee groups those programs serve.
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…
If only there was some sort of online search engine @Google could have used to do a background check on @kamaubobb before they hired him... @bnaibrithcanada @simonwiesenthal https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
No wonder many pro-Israel posts and conservatives get banned from Youtube or demonetized. We have this charming winner as “head of diversity”. https://twitter.com/...
What's most disturbing about this is that $GOOGL almost certainly vetting this guy & checked his Social media... and they were FINE with it until the public found out and the backlash started. These “Woke” companies are hiring very dangerous people. https://twitter.com/...
Google removed its “head of diversity” after a 2007 blog post claimed Jews “have an insatiable appetite for war.” https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... I would suggest that before Google names another “head of diversity” that they try Googling him first.
The right move. Google removes its head of diversity after 2007 blog post surfaces in which he claimed Jews have “an insatiable appetite for war” https://www.businessinsider.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?
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.…