[quote=Coronita]
When it comes to education and career opportunities, the average Asian male of course is white. that’s why things like sca-5 and prop 16 conveniently disregard asians as minorities. Prop 16, which ironically got defeated because not only asians overwhelming voted against it , but so did latinos….I guess now because both asians and latinos make up a large percentage or UC and CalState demographics based on merit, both groups really don’t want any sort of government heavy hand changing that….lol.[/quote]
The same applies to career opportunities and education for those of Indian (not American Indian, but those of East Indies descent). This is why my comment of ‘black… but not black’. Somehow there are people of ‘color’ that have managed to be successful as a race in the current job market. None of the current racial equality activists seems to want to ask themselves why (maybe it is an uncomfortable question). These same people decry income disparities but do not look at what education paths that different races tend towards. I went through college initially as a Physics major, 3rd year I switched to EECE because of career opportunities. I had already been programming computers since I was 14 – since mid ’70s – easy transition. Within those course fields (Physics, EE, EECE, CS), I only saw one person of black descent in my classes or classes I TA’d. Most students of black descent were in Sociology, Linguistic and some in Psychology. One’s choice of major can significantly affect future income. I don’t think those racial equality activists want to look at this aspect. If the real solution was known and used, there would not be much to demand funding or special set-asides for. Choices in life really matter.
[quote=Coronita]Is an asian american male being denied senior management positions at tech firms simply because he isn’t a big NFL or NBA fan or a frat boy?[/quote]
I’m not asian, however I ran into this problem at one of my previous job. The promotion path was through the company’s golf club. (Senior Management was… very senior). Sales staff and some other upper management was very NFL/NBA/MBL. Being a gear-head though, did not help much with upwards job mobility, and I suspect that these days it helps even less. That all said, my investments have ended up making me more each year than any two years or more together on the W-2 job.. and much less stress than the W-2. Any failures on investments are not caused by anyone else and then pushed off on me to fix. I also don’t get such comments on salary review where I am blamed for “Gold Bricking” a project at the same time told that my actions are responsible for saving the company a lot of time and money by doing work that does not need any rework as well as the ability to get the job done difficult projects.
[quote=an]Coronita, when it comes to higher education, it’s worst being Asian than white.[/quote]I would have to disagree with you there. A surprising number of white families do not pull together to help their college bound students.
