Google Has a Diversity Problem. And a Lawsuit Problem.

On the face of it, the idea that Google is discriminating against white men is laugh-out-loud funny. In 2016, according to the company’s most recent diversity report, Google was 69 percent male and 56 percent white. Some 53 percent of the engineering positions were held by white men. Leadership was 75 percent male and 68 percent white. Meanwhile two percent of Google employees were black, and four percent Latino. Although Google has long insisted that it wants to be a more diverse company, these numbers would suggest that it hasn’t had much success.

And yet in the last few months, Google has been hit with several lawsuits claiming the company discriminates against white males.1520448817507 And here’s the strangest part: There is a good chance Google is going to lose one of them.