'What actions are you taking?': Indians term Sundar Pichai 'hypocrite' as Google backs racial equality

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, June 2

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.

Google and YouTube on Sunday put a black ribbon on their home page in the US, showing solidarity for protests against the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in police custody.

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“We stand in support of racial equality, and all those who search for it,” the message read on the Google home page.

The same message was also placed on the US home page of Google-owned YouTube and Alphabet.

“For those feeling grief, anger, sadness & fear, you are not alone,” Pichai said, sharing a screenshot of the Google search home page which said “we stand in support of racial equality, and all those who search for it,” read the tech-giant’s tweet.

However, several Indian netizens on Twitter criticized Pichai for his tweet, stating that no such measures had been taken during protests in India that took place after the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Others questioned why Pichai wasn’t helping with India’s migrant crisis.

However, several Indian netizens criticised Pichai on the microblogging website for his tweet. They questioned why no measure was taken after protests in India took place after the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Pichai’s tweet has over 31.4k likes.

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Floyd, a 46-year-old African American restaurant worker, died in Minneapolis on Monday after a white police officer pinned him to the ground. Video footage showed the officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he gasped for breath, sparking widespread protests across the US.

The police officer has been fired, and on Friday was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. — With PTI