In all the discussions about the dismal lack of racial diversity in tech, I am, uncomfortably, Asian. The tech industry talks about needing more people of color, but only because it casually conflates “white” with successful and adequately or even ove...
Asian-Americans Should Be Proud of Overcoming Racism, But… The extraordinary success of Asian-Americans, despite the difficulties some nationalities in that group face, serves as testimony that the American Dream is attainable for everyone. Remember, l...
“Model Minority” Seems Like a Compliment, but It Does Great Harm For labels that sound so promising in tone, the “model minority” and “Asian advantage” stereotypes do nothing but render discrimination against Asian-Americans invisible. Argume...
The major tech companies finally gave in and published their statistics confirming the stark reality that the technology industry excludes workers who are African American, Latino, Native American and especially those who are women of any ethnic or racial...
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.“ Above is my favorite quote. I repeated it to myself on a daily basis. It’s the belief that guides everything we do at digitalundivided (DID), the comp...
“We are threatened, unlike most whites, by efforts to use our race against us.” –Frank Wu Asians are good at math and science. They’re successful economically and academically. They are hard working and high achieving. While these tropes may seem ...
Google on Wednesday released statistics on the makeup of its work force, providing numbers that offer a stark glance at how Silicon Valley remains a white man’s world. But wait — just a few paragraphs down, the post notes that non-Hispanic whites are ...