I DON'T COUNT AS 'DIVERSITY'

摘要

When I left school for my first job nine years ago, I had no reason to believe I faced professional obstacles bigger than anyone else's. I was the child of middle-class professionals, grew up in a comfortable New Jersey suburb and held a degree from an Ivy League school. As an Asian-American, I was relieved that I belonged to a racial group that many equate with academic and professional success. But once in the workplace, I found myself slapped in the face for straddling the racial divide. In some situations, I was considered virtually white and not "minority" enough. In others, it was the other way round.