By Kim H. Song, Cody Ding, & Uma Segal80-20 St. Louis Chaptersongk@umsl.eduJune 10, 2006
EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in a series of meetings and communications with 80-20 EF between 12/13/05 and 4/12/06 has just verified the data’s validity. These charts can now be presented as evidence before Congressional hearings and in court proceedings, by 80-20 or by any Asian American individual filing a discrimination suit.Getting that verification is a giant step forward in winning equal opportunity at work for Asian Americans. The two charts below show that Asian Americans?career advancement vs. their education backgrounds comparing to the other ethnic groups.
What conclusions could we draw from these two charts?
The charts show that Asian Americans face the WORST glass ceiling to enter the managerial class in "private industries," "universities " and "Federal government," where 2.1 million of us work! Some Asian American people will refuse to believe that they have been badly discriminated against in their career advancement in the managerial levels. I suppose it's their sense of pride in feeling "How could anyone discriminate against a nice and capable person like me."
While it is true that the discrimination was NOT towards each of the Asian Americans as an individual, the discrimination is there because Asian Americans are considered as "foreigners" and don't have the political clout and therefore they represent the "easy meat." Human beings have a common weakness -- accommodate the strong and push against the weak.
In that sense, it is also such SAD NEWS ! What has caused it?
Asian Americans' refusal to establish our own GROUP political clout may be one of the major causes to face this discrimination against Asian Americans in the United States. Now that you know the truth, I hope the sense of pride in you will get you to act on this issue. Now that 80-20 has gotten such powerful facts verified, let's unite and ACT TO WIN our equal opportunity as a group.
What should we do?
1) Share these facts with as many Asian Americans as possible. We must create a community-wide awareness first, and then unite.
2) Join 80-20 and recruit others to join 80-20. 80-20 needs money to fight the next few battles to win it for you. Does $35 or $50 mean that much to you? If yes, then just do step 1.
3) Take another look at the chart above. See how other groups' "Group Political Clout" makes a difference. 80-20 is your only hope to establish Asian American political clout. If you need further explanation or detail about the chart, see: http://www.80-20initiative.net/attachmentA.html .
4) Any US citizen or permanent resident can be a member TODAY, usinga credit card, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of ProjectsP.O. Box 527340Flushing, NY 11352-7340
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check.
5) Join the local 80-20 St. Louis Chapter. Local Chapter annual fee is $15 for individual membership and $20 for family membership. Personal checks are payable to 80-20 STL , mailed to:
Kim H. SongPresident of 80-20 St. Louis ChapterMarillac Hall 369University of Missouri ?St. LouisOne University BoulevardSt. Louis, MO 63121Phone: (314) 516-5924e-mail: songk@umsl.edu
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check, please.
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