One worker also pointed to a recent change made by Google to its calendar of holidays that removed celebrations like Pride Month and Black History Month.” —
After Google Calendar users noticed that the tech giant removed Black History Month from its list of holidays, they were incensed.
Recently, users discovered that Google Calendar had removed key cultural events from its site, including Black History Month, Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day. At first glance, this seems to be another part of the company’s anti-diversity changes following President Donald Trump’s desire to end diversity,
Prime Month and other diversity holidays have been removed from Google Calendar, with Google saying that the change happened months ago.
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The update gained online attention after people mentioned upcoming events such as Pride and Black History Month were no longer being listed.
The omissions gained particular attention online over the last week, but Google says it made the calendar change midway through last year.
Google Calendar removes Black History Month and Pride Month because keeping them is ‘unsustainable’ - Tech giant continues to fall in line with Donald Trump’s DEI crackdown
Google Calendar has removed cultural celebrations like Black History Month, Women’s History Month and Pride Month as President Trump cracks down on diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Google said that maintaining hundreds of moments manually and consistently globally wasn't "scalable or sustainable".The changes come amid broader shifts in its approach to DEI.
Google's online calendar has removed default references for a handful of holidays and cultural events — with users noticing that mentions of Pride and Black History Month, as well as other observances, no longer appear in their desktop and mobile ...