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No Violence, Brief Disruption as Fired Google Engineer Speaks at Portland State University

February 23, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

Willamette Week
By Katie Shepherd
February 17, 2018

A panel featuring several controversial figures at Portland State University unfolded with just one interruption on Saturday evening despite organizers voicing fears of violence and protests intended to silent conservative dissent.

A student group called Freethinkers of PSU invited James Damore, an engineer who was fired from Google for writing a memo on gender and diversity that the company deemed sexually harassing and discriminatory. He spoke on a panel, moderated by a philosophy professor, that also included two women known for their conservative view on gender dynamics.

Read the full article at the Willamette Week website here.