> She rattled off a couple of other disparaging comments about the peaceful protestors I was preparing to join, repeatedly referring to them as those people b efore a chorus of my team’s nodding heads, each bobbing affirmingly behind their desks.

The author did say that the co-worker who said that she considered the protestors annoying and counterproductive was making disparaging remarks.

> Over the last 5 years, I’ve heard co-workers spew hateful words about immigrants, boast unabashedly about gentrifying neighborhoods, mockingly imitate people who speak different languages, reject candidates of color without evidence because of “fit,” and so much more.

The author is definitely claiming to have witnessed racist attitudes from co-workers.

> The way it came across to me was a individual sharing their anecdotal experience being a minority in a large and very well known company. It was a reflection on how he felt about their experiences.

Correct. And in doing so, the author demonstrates that he categorized his co-workers as making disparaging comments because she regarded BLM's tactics to be annoying and counterproductive. If this is what the author considers disparagement, it speaks more about his own extremely narrow view of what are and are not acceptable viewpoints than it does about Google.

> Personally though, in response to your comment. I believe the abortion issue is a bit more nuanced than the police killing an man and facing no repercussions.

If you think there's little nuance then maybe you should dig a bit deeper. The police officer killed a man in the commission of a robbery. The autopsy result showed bullets entering Brown's upper chest and exiting his lower back. This is consistent with running towards the officer, which supports the officer's testimony that Brown charged at him.

And there weren't "no repercussions". The officer was investigated, and grand jury was summoned to decide whether or not to indite him. No conviction came out of it, but that doesn't mean that there were "no repercussions".

> But I'm not here to change your mind sir, it's cool to have no empathy for your fellow humans.

I earnestly hope you realize the irony of telling another commenter that they "have no empathy for your fellow humans" because he has a different takeaway from this post.