networking with recent grads from MPH programs. finding jobs is still pretty tough. mreh :(
Good dinner, scary thoughts. Hopefully my TA isn’t completely right about corporate America discriminating against Asian males. One of those times I wish I was a female….or white. lol regardless, grind on.
who’s your TA.. I’m having a talk with him
“Many of these stereotypes and expectations have a basis in cultural misunderstandings. Some Asian-Americans claim that they are raised with culture-specific values that affect perceptions of their workplace behavior. For example, some report being taught from an early age to be self-effacing, reticent, respectful, and deferential towards authority.[1][7]These values do not translate well into the American workplace, where Asian-Americans are sometimes perceived as aloof, arrogant, and inattentive.[1] As a result, Asian-Americans are less likely to be seen as having qualities that appeal to American employers, such as leadership, charisma, creativity, and risk-taking, and are often passed over for promotions in spite of satisfactory job performance. Asian-Americans are also less likely to aggressively network, self-promote, and speak up at work meetings with concern and ideas when compared to their coworkers.[1]
Others indicate that physical characteristics are a factor. Studies have shown that taller individuals tend to be promoted and earn more money than shorter individuals, and the average Asian-American height is shorter than the national average. Some also report that Asian facial characteristics are unconsciously perceived as less expressive, less engaged and interested, and less trustworthy. These factors, combined with the common stereotypes and portrayals of Asian-Americans as “nerds” and “geeks”, with high math aptitude, creates an image of Asian males in particular as “[s]hort, not good-looking, socially inept, sexually null.”[7] Furthermore, even Asian-Americans born and raised in the United States are sometimes assumed to be less English-proficient on the basis of their appearance as “perpetual foreigners.”
- stripped this from wikipedia article on “bamboo ceiling”…but I wouldn’t be surprised of how prevalent this probably is in corporate America.
Taking a music class in the music hall means each of my sneezes get amplified by tenfold.
hello world. hire me for jobs/internships for the summer already please.
Porter Robinson - Language at Group Therapy
The homie from UCLA. Sonam and I are trying to get into his next video. Gotta work on my bootypoppin’ skillz.
looking for graduation dresses for my three graduations…
i don’t know why i’m liking a lot of backless ones…just means i gotta bust out the chicken cutlets.
Random goal: get to know a service worker (cashier, cleaning lady, security guard etc) well and say hi whenever I see them.
#throwbackthursday with JV in Staten Island in ‘08. Can’t believe we’re off to med school/grad school! (Taken with instagram)
A must-read in general. One fantastic response:I think that it’s important to consider the implications that all of this unpaid (and likely stemming from the upper-class) labor has on society as well, especially within the industries that largely require entire chunks of time and resources from those aspiring to join them. Particularly within the public sector, one glaring example of this is the field of legislative aide job opportunities that are often only handed out to those who have toiled away for months (and indeed sometimes years) on end as campaign volunteers.
This creates a setup where an entire profession (any job offering Congressional support) effectively shuts out the very large proportion of the college-aged population who do not have parents (or some other richer benefactor) that can afford to subsidize living costs for however long they need to gain the extensive and unpaid experience necessary to enter the good graces of a Congressman or Senator. The implications of this are far-reaching and structural; and reinforce the culture of privilege already rampant in Washington D.C. where not only do federal lawmakers themselves often lack valuable perspective on the issues plaguing lower- and middle class Americans that constitute the majority of the nation’s citizenry, but also with the advisors and assistants working for them, who by virtue of being able to land their jobs in the first place already were fortunate enough to have been born into the nation’s wealthy economic minority. This creates a cycle of dissonance between the real world economic reality that Americans face and what the legislative class in Washington understands the proper solutions are to those very problems.
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