There is likely some soft-bias... similar to women and minorities in hiring/promotions... but the parallels that Asians face in the private sector indicate the discrimination case is overstated. Asians have some overlap with women in some traits: risk-aversion, conformity, but...
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the prevalent negative stereotypes for Asians are distinct: autistic, uncreative, and uncharismatic robots. Psychometric measures of Asians on average show lower in openness/creativity-- all the Nisbett stuff. I also mention East Asian as the data always group South and East
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What about stereotype accuracy + weakness of measurables to capture qualities Harvard wants? East Asians have many same complaints in private sector: "bamboo ceiling". From memory, I think East Asians in director/C-level representation is much lower than female representation 1/2
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And all the same applies: East Asians most qualified by meaurables. I mean real world hiring practices also heavily favor non-meaurables--- interview, recommendations/referrals. When I look at academic job boards: EJMR, the opinions about East Asians probably reflect something2/2
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