The "model minority" myth paints Asian Americans as overrepresented in the highest echelons of society.
But a closer look shows that there's a big problem with the pipeline for Asian Americans moving up the corporate ladder. ⬇️
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While there is a high level of Asian American representation in professional roles, research into career advancement across workers of various ethnicities suggests the group remains deeply underrepresented among managerial and executive positions.
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Buck Gee, an executive advisor to the Ascend Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to improving Asian American representation in the workforce, said the issue isn't representation across all roles.
"The problem is equity of promotions."
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The Ascend Foundation analyzed 2018 data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Based on representative data, Asian Americans made up about 13% of the professional workforce and 6% of executives, senior officers, and managers.
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Ascend's Executive Parity Index found that in 2018, white Americans were overrepresented in executive positions relative to their share of the white-collar professional workforce, while non-white groups, including Asian Americans, were underrepresented.
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An earlier Ascend Foundation analysis focused on Silicon Valley.
It found that while Asian Americans' workforce representation was higher, they were similarly underrepresented at the executive level.
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The finance and insurance sector show similar results, based on 2018 national data provided to Insider by Ascend.
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To address diversity issues with the executive pipeline, Gee told Insider that diversity and inclusion programs need to "look beyond the superficial numbers and recognize that a review of diversity must separately examine three issues." ⬇️
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Gee said companies should create "an executive sponsorship program for high-potential AAPI senior managers."
Denise Peck, an executive advisor with the Ascend Foundation, said one of these programs at her old company was successful.
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