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From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum.

I'm Rachel Myro. In recent years, Silicon Valley companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an attempt to diversify their ranks.

But racial and gender discrimination is still a major problem in 2021,

and employees report human resource departments not only dismiss complaints, they push out

employees who speak up. Then at 940, we'll ask Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee about that

massive coronavirus relief package, as well as her call for a

commission to take a deep dive on truth, racial healing, and transformation. All that's next on

Forum right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Rachel Myro. Imagine you work for Google and you go to HR to talk about your colleagues making inappropriate comments about your skin color or your manager retaliating against you after you asked about racial discrimination in pay.

And then, HR responds by recommending you seek therapy, or take medical leave to address your mental health.

About a dozen current and former employees at Google recently confirmed with NBC News,

this is a common practice at the company,

which employs 23,000 people at its main campus in Mountain View alone.

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