it is interesting that asians have a lower placement than whites according to this article. part of being a good engineer is having excellent writing skills for documentation and approvals - im guessing whites have a higher placement rate due to their stronger communication skills.
I think you're really stretching and trying to find an alternative answer, where the right answer is staring you in the face.
I'm sure this study has accounted for the fact that these Asians students are British Citizens and have spent their entire lives in Britain and also has English as their Primary language.
These Engineering Recruiters have innate bias against ethnic minority students.
The real question would is, How do we combat this?
no, they did not control for these variables you mention. Most interviews start with a phone screen. I am betting most asians dont pass the phone screen since the recruiters have difficulty understanding the asian candidates over the phone.
Again the assumption made by the article is that these are British ethnic minorities who would have a British Accent since they would have lived there. They are not talking about non-British nationals.
Yes, they are hired less because hiring them has more risks - they can go shitpost on facebook about how you are a racist for firing/demoting/<insert anything they might not like>. Or they can harass you with media or even sue you, where a white person would be instantly laughed out of court
Also, thanks to positive discrimination their degree might actually be less than exactly the same degree of a white person (The sweet irony)
It's exactly the same mechanism thaat keeps people from hiring young women in child bearing age - it's illegal and despicable but it will keep happening because doing so means an advantage in business
If this was really about race (as opposed to skills) non-racist companies would be more effective and out-compete the rest, especially given current shortage. These companies would probably be started by the discriminated people in the first place. Pervasive unjust discrimination is only possible in mono and oligopolies and/or if the law compels it.
If what you call racism is inefficient, you should explain what market barriers prevent its disappearance, for developers in the developed world, in the UK in particular.
If its efficient, by calling it a problem you're implicitly saying that some people - presumably company owners? - should make their companies & teams less efficient, which is another way of saying they should waste resources. Even if some would agree with you, by doing that they would open themselves to a danger of being outcompeted by more efficient entities.
Race may not be working as postulated here. Not having minority friends can promote racism, but that goes both ways. Being a minority and not socializing with the majority much means minority STEM job candidates may not understand common assumptions, jargon, and other key details. Being disconnected from employers socially can lead to resumes and interviews missing the mark. Instead of calling for employers to be less racist it might be more effective to find more ways and motivations for minority STEM graduates to integrate with the subculture.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 47.5 ms ] threadI'm sure this study has accounted for the fact that these Asians students are British Citizens and have spent their entire lives in Britain and also has English as their Primary language.
These Engineering Recruiters have innate bias against ethnic minority students.
The real question would is, How do we combat this?
Here is another article that is anecdotal: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/27/ethnic...
The reality is that a lot of employers do not want to deal with race drama.
Fire a white guy and it's not a big deal. Fire a black or muslim guy and have fun being called a racist xenophobe or even getting sued
The lack of diversity in tech is well documented and The Guardian is hardly the only publication writing about it.
What do you mean "race drama"? This is about qualified engineers being passed over for jobs because of race. No firing, no "drama".
Also, thanks to positive discrimination their degree might actually be less than exactly the same degree of a white person (The sweet irony)
It's exactly the same mechanism thaat keeps people from hiring young women in child bearing age - it's illegal and despicable but it will keep happening because doing so means an advantage in business
If its efficient, by calling it a problem you're implicitly saying that some people - presumably company owners? - should make their companies & teams less efficient, which is another way of saying they should waste resources. Even if some would agree with you, by doing that they would open themselves to a danger of being outcompeted by more efficient entities.