[Footkerchief]

"Condemn firing" is a misleadingly narrow headline that focuses undue attention on the resign/fire question. The important part of the story is not the HR machinations of her departure, but what caused the situation to escalate to that point. The letter itself makes this clear -- its condemnations and demands go way beyond Gebru's employment:

https://googlewalkout.medium.com/standing-with-dr-timnit-geb...

> Dr. Gebru has faced defensiveness, racism, gaslighting, research censorship, and now a retaliatory firing

The letter goes on:

> In late November, five weeks after the piece had been internally reviewed and approved for publication through standard processes, Google leadership made the decision to censor it, without warning or cause.

The demands are also not about the firing itself:

> explain the process by which the paper was unilaterally rejected by leadership