Sundar Pichai says Google stands with black community; had opposed Muslim ban earlier
Google stands in support of racial equality, the tech giant’s Indian-American CEO Sunder Pichai has said, expressing solidarity with the African-American community in the US in wake of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Floyd, a 46-year-old African American restaurant worker, died in Minneapolis on Monday after a white officer pinned him to the bottom. Video showed the officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he gasped for breath, sparking widespread protests over the US.
The authorities officer has been fired, and on Friday was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Pichai said that the business has made a decision to share its support for the racial equality in solidarity with the black community and in memory of Floyd on Google and YouTube home pages in america.
“Today on US Google & YouTube homepages we share our support for racial equality in solidarity with the Black community and in memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery & other people who don’t have a voice,” Pichai wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
“For all those feeling grief, anger, sadness & fear, you aren't alone,” Pichai said, sharing a screenshot of the Google search home page which said, “We stand to get racial equality, and those who seek out it.”
Pichai has been constant in his stand against discrimination in america. Earlier when President Trump had imposed a ban on immigrants from Muslim nations, Pichai had said, “It really is “disheartening to see the intolerant discourse playing out in the brand new...But we must speak out - particularly those of us who aren't under attack.”
However, he has steered cleared of commenting on similar issues in India, where in fact the Citizenship Amendment Act paves way for individuals of each religion except Islam from India’s neighbouring countries to get citizenship in India. Combined with National Register of Citizens, the house minister of India hinted, the CAA would disenfranchise the Muslim community.
