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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination and Affirmative Action (in hi-tech)
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 03:33:31 EDT
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In article <593@ihu1h.UUCP> parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes:
>[reference to my earlier posting suggesting that Asians might be better
> off in the hi-tech workforce due to working harder]

>As a matter of fact, if I understand your last sentence, it seems to
>erode your first conclusion (i.e., it's working hard that earns promotion).

There is a degree to which hard work earns promotions, but remember that
I used the phrase "work *inordinately* harder".  I don't think that Asians
do nearly as much better than other minorities to balance out the harder work.
What I was suggesting is that through working much harder than members
of the "establishment", they are able to get their representation in the
work force up to about what it "should" be, just taking numbers of people
of various races into account.

Since they *do* work so hard, I would suggest that rather than be adequately
represented, they are still under-represented because they're more
qualified and therefore should have more of the jobs.

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