https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/16/google-family-triggered-meltdown/

Peter Hasson

• Google employees melted down after the word “family” was used in a company presentation, documents obtained by TheDCNF show. 
• Employees were upset that the word was used in a way that links families with children, which they argued was homophobic. 
• A Google vice president acknowledged that the word “family” had sparked “concerns” about inclusivity.

A Google executive sparked a fierce backlash from employees by using the word “family” in a weekly, company-wide presentation, according to internal documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Many Google employees became angry that the term was used while discussing a product aimed at children, because it implied that families have children, the documents show. The backlash grew large enough that a Google vice president addressed the controversy and solicited feedback on how the company could become more inclusive.

TheDCNF received the documents from a source who insisted upon anonymity in order to share them. (RELATED: Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search)

One employee stormed out of the March 2017 presentation after a presenter “continued to show (awesome) Unicorn product features which continually use the word ‘family’ as a synonym for ‘household with children,’” he explained in an internal thread. That employee posted an extended rant, which was well-received by his colleagues, on why linking families to children is “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong.”

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