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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Uber puts its DEI head on leave after employees voice fury at events titled ‘Don’t Call Me Karen'

Bo Young Lee, chief diversity and inclusion officer at Uber (Credit: Kanishka Sonthalia—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

A series of events aimed at uniting the staff at Uber have ended in chaos, with the company's head of diversity, equity and inclusion suspended on leave in the wake of the fallout.

Bo Young Lee has headed up Uber's DEI department for the past five years but recently came under fire for moderating two events titled "Don't Call Me Karen".

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