dana tierney wrote: > I am helping a friend with something. I would appreciate hearing what comes > to mind when people think of Asians, Asian-Americans and specifically Chinese > or Korean women. There are no correct answers here, nor will I be showing the > answers to anyone. I am just interested in seeing how she I comes.
I think of the girl I had a crush on in first grade. She could beat me up. > Part two: You have two applicants for a position that involves cutting edge > knowledge of science, let's say, as well as coding ability. Both are female, > have a PhD and are otherwise similarly qualified. One is Asian, one is white. > Do the latter factors matter and if so how? Doesn't matter. > Part three: as above but the position is purely clerical. Both women have > appropriate and very similar qualifications. Again, does ethnicity matter and > how? Doesn't matter. > If you answered yes to one of the above questions, would it make a difference > whether the Asian candidate was an immigrant who had a good grasp of the > language, but had a heavy accent, vs being born in the US and having speech > patterns very similar to yours? Of course fluency matters, but enough to > change your reaction in the above situations, and if so how? If the clerical job includes reception duties, I'd have to judge whether the accent would make her difficult for others around here (redneck land) to understand her. Otherwise, assuming that there's no fluency issues and *I* could understand her, I don't see that it really matters. --Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198134 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
