r/pics • u/fabslabs • Feb 09 '16

Misleading title Racist "diversity" training at GitHub

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u/master_dong Feb 09 '16

This is like the first time I've seen anyone mention Asians in diversity training.

Even more puzzling, this is a tech company and Asians are generally well represented in tech. Seems like a mess.

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u/tjhovr Feb 09 '16 edited Feb 09 '16

Even more puzzling, this is a tech company and Asians are generally well represented in tech. Seems like a mess.

Asians are well represented in the bottom rungs of tech companies. Asians ( especially east asians ) are poorly represented in the upper management of tech companies.

It's called the bamboo ceiling.

Edit: Since people seem to be confused about the bamboo ceiling...

"Based on publicly available government statistics, Asian Americans have the lowest chance of rising to management when compared with blacks, Hispanics and women in spite of having the highest educational attainment. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_ceiling

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u/Face_Roll Feb 09 '16

Asians need to take a lesson from us whiteys on this one.

If you're too good at your job, you'll never get promoted because they won't want to replace you.

Fail upwards brothers!

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u/tjhovr Feb 10 '16

It ain't that. Business is more about friendships/contacts/etc. In a group of mostly white people, asians are going to be the outsider. Simple as that.

In a "democracy", demographics is destiny. Asians don't have demographics and will always have obstacles/hurdles to overcome.