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Diversity in the tech world
Posted by Razib Khan on March 16, 2010 A few weeks ago I had dinner and drinks with an old friend who works for the firm which invented the x86 series of microprocessors. He’s doing well financially right now, and was very bullish on his firm. More specifically it seems that they’re on a hiring binge (he knows because he’s been on hiring…
Words trump numbers
Posted by Razib Khan on March 16, 2009 Model Minority? No, Thanks!: In reality, Indian Americans, much like other immigrants, have diverse experiences and backgrounds. Indian Americans are doctors, engineers and lawyers, as well as small business owners, domestic workers, taxi drivers and convenience store employees. Community members hold a range of immigration statuses and include naturalized citizens and H-1B visaholders, guestworkers and…
Not all brown people take stats
Posted by Razib Khan on March 16, 2009 Dumb article, Nobody’s Model Minority, in response to Jason Richwine’s Indian Americans: The New Model Minority (H/T Steve), makes a pretty obvious error: He presses on anyway, attributing Indian Americans’ overall “success” in the U.S. to three factors: culture, education (that is, an “obsessive emphasis on academic achievement”) and most significantly, IQ. This success is…