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As an Asian American minority, does it really matter? I don't see that many Asian Americans in hollywood, modeling for fashion companies, doing standup comedy,
by colmvp 12y ago
As an Asian American minority, does it really matter? I don't see that many Asian Americans in hollywood, modeling for fashion companies, doing standup comedy, starring in televisions shows, playing in professional sports leagues, or playing in live bands compared to whites or other minorities. Should I feel enraged?
- stfu 12y agoOf cause! Pretending to feel oppressed seems to be the thing of the moment. We need to staff every industry, company, college course based on a race/gender/etc quota!
- ufmace 12y agoExcept for the ones that are already disproportionately filled with an approved racial or gender minority. We'll just quietly ignore those.
- hackuser 12y agoIt matters because large numbers of people are denied opportunities based on discrimination. They can be denied by direct bias (e.g., 'we don't hire women because we think they are lousy engineers'; or 'women won't fit in our boys' club workplace') or indirect (e.g., discrimination causes more poverty for black families, and impoverished students perform poorly for a number of reasons; edit: or a student does not want to be the only woman/latino/black/etc. in every class for the next four years). It is unjust for the people discriminated against and bad for our society: Our workforce loses valuable talent, and, from what I've read, diversity in the workplace is widely believed to improve performance (due to a wider number of perspectives and experiences).