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At Alphabet’s annual stockholder meeting Wednesday, Google’s parent company was met by investors critical of its efforts in regard to diversity and human rights. 

The criticism came in the form of shareholder proposals, a common element of big companies’ annual meetings, and something institutional investors use as a platform to direct grievances at leadership. But the pushback from critics was especially pronounced this year as civil unrest spreads across the US in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed while in police…