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I'd place a bet that relative to the Chinese, Indian, or Thai citizenry, whites are overrepresented in management positions. And talk about comparing apples an
by hirsin 10y ago
I'd place a bet that relative to the Chinese, Indian, or Thai citizenry, whites are overrepresented in management positions.
And talk about comparing apples and oranges - India is less than 3% "non-brown" including SE/E Asian, black, and white. China, 7%. Thailand, 1-2%. The US is >35% non-white, which is why under-representation shows and matters so much. Chinese/Indian/Thai management and government look a lot like their populations, whereas American equivalents do not.
- mc32 10y agoI think you're making a mistake in looking at color to investigate bias. All those countries have internal minorities who superficially might look similar to you but are not to locals. And government does not always look like those proportions.
- hirsin 10y agoBeing part Indian I'm well aware of the different ethnicities. That said, a more nuanced answer likely wouldn't have meant much to someone engaging in whataboutism