Date: Friday. October 23, 2020 | Time: 3pm to 4:30pm
In the classroom, Asian Americans, often singled out as so-called “model minorities,” are expected to be top of the class. Often they are, getting straight As and gaining admission to elite colleges and universities. But the corporate world is a different story. In her new book Stuck, Prof. Margaret M. Chin shows that there is a “bamboo ceiling” in the workplace, describing a corporate world where racial and ethnic inequalities prevent upward mobility.
Drawing on interviews with second-generation Asian Americans, Prof. Chin examines why Asian Americans fail to advance as fast or as high as their colleagues. An unfair lack of trust from their coworkers, absence of role models, sponsors and mentors, and for women, sexual harassment and prejudice especially born at the intersection of race and gender are only a few of the factors.
Discussants:
- Maurice Crul, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Free University in Amsterdam and the Erasmus University in Rotterdam
- Vivian S. Louie, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College/CUNY
- Virginia Valian, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Hunter College/CUNY
Purchase Book: https://nyupress.org/9781479816811/stuck/ (30% Discount Code: CHIN30-FM)
Co-Sponsor
CUNY Graduate Center Immigration Seminar Series
Advanced Research Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
Asian American Studies Program and Center, Hunter College/CUNY
