Silicon Valley Has a Caste Discrimination Problem

Re:Silicon Valley Has a Caste Discrimination Problem by PaulHoule on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:54PM (#24065481)

I think the shocking thing is that even though Dalits are just 1% of the Indian population in the U.S. that other Indians still seek them out as victims here.

One detail I'd lean on is that South Asians are not just "engineers and coders" but in many companies play a big role in management. This is in contrast to East Asians which face more of a "bamboo ceiling". (e.g. a black or white person who goes to Harvard has a golden ticket; an east asian has a ticket to get into medical school)

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Re:Silicon Valley Has a Caste Discrimination Problem by badrabbit on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @05:26PM (#24065802)

In what scenario would anyone get to skip medical school? Or are you saying they can't get a job with a Harvard degree? Or maybe they don't get promoted?

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Re:Silicon Valley Has a Caste Discrimination Problem by PaulHoule on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @08:11PM (#24066962)

I am saying that East Asians get funneled into detail-oriented jobs that are about learning highly complex skills that are well paid.

Other people who go to Harvard can get into bullshit-oriented jobs that outpay the jobs East Asian Harvard grads get by more than East Asian Harvard jobs outpay the average American.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_ceiling

For instance,

"As of 2015, less than 2% of Fortune 500 CEOs are Asian, although they comprise 5.6% of the total United States population, and about 30% of the graduates in the top 20 MBA programs in the last 20 years."

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Re:Silicon Valley Has a Caste Discrimination Problem by badrabbit on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @09:04PM (#24067244)

Thanks for clarifying,that sucks! Society should really get rid of this had practice where individuals are always seen through a "race" lens.

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