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8 current and former employees have alleged Google of rolling back diversity and inclusion programs in an effort to not appear anti-conservative. One well-liked diversity training program at Google called Sojourn, a comprehensive racial justice program created for employees to learn about implicit bias and how to navigate conversations about race and inequality, was cut entirely. Sojourn offered its last training to Google workers in 2018, and by 2019 it was cut completely. Seven current and former employees from across a range of teams and roles at the company said separately that they all believed the reason behind cutting Sojourn and taking employees off diversity projects to move them elsewhere at Google was to shield the company from backlash from conservatives.