Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnamese American author, Viet Thanh Nguyen dives into the anti-Asian sentiment of the 70s and 80s and how many Asians categorized questioned if they could have anything valid to feel or say about race when as a "model minorities", they were supposedly accepted by American society. This story examines the Model Minority Myth, associated characterizations, biases, and the negative and lasting affect they have on Asian Americans.
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From Harvard Business Review's The Big Idea Series/Advancing Black Leaders. A conversation with Airbnb’s Head of Global Diversity and Belonging, Dr. Melissa Thomas-Hunt as she discusses how to create a work environment in which minority employees (with a focus on African Americans) can thrive via deliberate, sustained efforts focused primarily in three areas: data and numbers, company culture, and day-to-day people management.
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