Women say they quit Google because of racial discrimination: 'I was invisible'

As Google reels from the fallout over a controversial diversity memo, multiple women say they faced regular discrimination and ultimately left

Qichen Zhang couldn't believe what she was hearing. The technical specialist was in the middle of the office at Google when a white male colleague began joking with her about her hiring.

"He said, 'It must've been really easy for you to get your job because you're an Asian woman and people assume you're good at math,'" Zhang recalled in a recent interview. "It was absolutely stunning. I remember me just emotionally shutting down."