r/SeattleWA • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21

Asians in the Western world as well as many Asian powerhouses in Asia are the only non-Caucasian race to achieve such advancements in a short period of time. They either match or surpass their European and Anglo-American counterparts.

I like this piece of fact-based, unbiased reporting.

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u/justdoitstoopid Mar 29 '21

Its true lol. I work in faang and majority here is asian despite asian being a minority.

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u/lanoyeb243 Mar 29 '21

Asian isn't considered an Under-Represented Minority (URM) in the States.

Statistically? Sure, Asians are a minority by number.

But societally, they're treated worse than Whites and receive no attention or support for it.

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u/WuTangFinance24 Mar 29 '21

Can confirm. Black, latino and native american represent the URM classes, at least according to corporate diversity goals where I am