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Tag Archives: Silicon Valley
Asian American High Schools in Top 25 List for SAT/ACT Scores
When Number One Son took an SAT prep course in Fremont last summer, I looked at the kids coming out of the class and saw nothing but Asian kids. Curious, I asked him some questions: “Do any white kids go … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education
Tagged ACT, college admissions, SAT, Silicon Valley, standardized tests, test preparation
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Where White means Mediocre: High-Skilled Asian Immigrant Enclaves
“Are you taking AP [Advanced Placement] courses?” “Oh no, I’m white.” – Conversation overhead by a teacher in Cupertino. Stanford sociologist Tomás Jiménez has been studying immigrants and the communities they live in, and he recently published what he found … Continue reading
Asian Americans Now a Majority of Silicon Valley Tech Workers
You won’t be able to tell from Bravo’s Silicon Valley show, but Asian Americans now make up the majority of Tech workers in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. 2010 Census data reveals that the Asian American share … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Silicon Valley, Technology workers, Workforce
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Whitewashing On Bravo’s Start-Ups: Silicon Valley
When Bravo put out a preview of their upcoming series, Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, one comment about it on Gizmodo said that Asians apparently don’t exist in the Hollywood version of Silicon Valley. As a Silicon Valley resident who watched the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
Tagged Bravo TV, Silicon Valley, Startups: Silicon Valley, whitewashing
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Vivek Wadhwa On Race, Gender, and Meritocracy in Silicon Valley
When Vivek Wadhwa founded a tech company, he was advised by fellow Indian Americans to have a white “front man” to pitch company to venture capitalists. Moving to academia in an attempt to slow down from the hectic tech business … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged african-americans, gender, race, Silicon Valley, The Indus Entrepreneurs, TIE, Vivek Wadha, women
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The College Admissions Game, Part 5: The Admissions Consultant
When you hear news about “College Admissions Consultants,” it’s often sensationalized and over the top. Take this article about a consultant who will guarantee a kid’s college acceptance or your money back or this article about Michele Hernandez, who is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education
Tagged Admissions Consultants, Michele Hernandez, Silicon Valley, Steven Ma, ThinkTank Learning
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The College Admissions Game, Part 3: An Admissions Officer Speaks
College admissions officers have been criticized about things like caps on Asians Americans and decisions about who gets in and who does not. But what do they really think? The Daughter’s high school held a session where a college admissions … Continue reading
The College Admissions Game, Part 2: Race and School Selection
“I don’t want to go there – it’s too Asian!” That is the last thing I wanted to hear from the Daughter. Doesn’t she know I write for a blog on Asian American issues, and now she is going all … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged college admissions, Silicon Valley
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The College Admissions Game, Part 1: Picking Schools
As we prepared to leave The Daughter to start her freshman year of college, she started crying. The Wife started crying also. I was mostly numb as I wondered, how did we get to this point? Is this the culmination … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Lifestyles
Tagged college admissions, High School Admissions, Naviance, Silicon Valley
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Diwali Pushed as a School Holiday in Silicon Valley
While I was driving home with The Daughter and one of her friends on an early November evening, the friend pointed to a house lit with Christmas lights. “Isn’t it early for Christmas lights?” she asked. “Not for Christmas,” I … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lifestyles, Local, Religion, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Diwali, Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale
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Silicon Valley’s Ping Pong Boom
While growing up, my family had a ping pong table in our basement — my brother and I would often play during the summers, when we had a lot of time during our summer vacations and when it was nice … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged ping pong, Silicon Valley, table tennis
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Asian American Influences in Real Estate: Silicon Valley and Beyond
“You Asians Ruined Everything!” My Brother-In-Law, a realtor in Silicon Valley, was taken aback when a white real estate agent suddenly said this to him. The agent was complaining about the negative practices of some Asian-American real estate agents. My … Continue reading