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A High-Powered Silicon Valley Discrimination Trial
It’s a tale of two Silicon Valleys. Reddit CEO Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit against her former employer, the powerful venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, wraps up its second week in court today. Throughout the proceedings, two distinct visions of the company and the larger tech industry have emerged.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIt’s a tale of two Silicon Valleys. Reddit CEO Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit against her former employer, the powerful venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, wraps up its second week in court today. Throughout the proceedings, two distinct visions of the company and the larger tech industry have emerged. Pao claims she was sexually harassed and that discrimination against female employees was routine inside Kleiner Perkins. Kleiner Perkins says Pao simply couldn’t keep up in a hyper-competitive industry. We get up to speed on the trial that’s riveting the tech world.
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The full episode
3 of 5Dov Charney Can’t Quit American Apparel, Albert Maysles, and Tickling Science- 0:00Dov Charney Stokes American Apparel Rift
- 8:45Death Rates for White Women on the Rise
- 17:19A High-Powered Silicon Valley Discrimination Trial You’re reading this
- 26:58Movies: Remembering the Maysles Brothers
- 42:16The Science of Tickling