What is the first thing you notice when you see this picture of the Yale Statistics Dept.

[Anonymous]

The theme song to Revenge of the Nerds!

[Anonymous]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yale-Statistics-Department/206384886053286

OP here. Not a single African American.Seems a bit odd.

[Anonymous]

The first thing I noticed was there were a lot of Asians, then I noticed there were a lot of girls. Then I looked again at the middle and saw the Indian guy and thought he counts as Asian. Then I looked for the white males and noticed they were all in the back. Then I noticed the one guy not smiling. Then I noticed the older looking guy on the left and wondered if he was some sort of professor. Then I noticed a lot of them were wearing blue. Then I saw the one girl with the pink shirt and really red face. Then I noticed there weren't any AAs.

Overall 12 women, 16 men, 12 Asians, possibly one Hispanic, 15 whites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yale-Statistics-Department/206384886053286

OP here. Not a single African American.Seems a bit odd.

I'm PP just above. That was actually the last thing I noticed.

[Anonymous]

haha, I see nerds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absence of African-Americans

Must be racist.

[Anonymous]

I notice my sister.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The first thing I noticed was there were a lot of Asians, then I noticed there were a lot of girls. Then I looked again at the middle and saw the Indian guy and thought he counts as Asian. Then I looked for the white males and noticed they were all in the back. Then I noticed the one guy not smiling. Then I noticed the older looking guy on the left and wondered if he was some sort of professor. Then I noticed a lot of them were wearing blue. Then I saw the one girl with the pink shirt and really red face. Then I noticed there weren't any AAs.

Overall 12 women, 16 men, 12 Asians, possibly one Hispanic, 15 whites.

Thank you for highlighting my point. You can look at a picture with a large number of people and not realize that 15% of the US population is not represented in that photo. In 2013. SMH.

[Anonymous]

I should avoid stripes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yale-Statistics-Department/206384886053286

OP here. Not a single African American.Seems a bit odd.

I'm not sure why it's odd. Yale may have a diversity problem, and that's a valid assessment. But it seems odd to point out just the statistics department, and only the statistics department. What are you trying to imply about that department by itself? Maybe there is no African American in that precise department. Maybe there are, and they couldn't make it to picture day. Maybe they didn't want to be in such a public photo. If you're isolating a problem, what's your proposed solution?

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's an official photo. But it may be true that there are no AAs in that department.

[Anonymous]

Interesting OP. I guess I was more focused on who was in the picture and not what was missing. I wonder what the AA numbers are at Yale to begin with.

[Anonymous]

OP, it may be that statistics attracts speakers of English as a second language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yale-Statistics-Department/206384886053286

OP here. Not a single African American.Seems a bit odd.

I'm PP just above. That was actually the last thing I noticed.

I am African American. It was the first thing I noticed. I think that regardless of race/culture, we immediately look for people like us. I might have more in common with a Korean or Japanese (keep in mind that *Asians* is a big category.) But initially joining this faculty, imagine how I might feel if I didn't see people like me.

Please read this not as any sort of social commentary, just as how someone might FEEL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The first thing I noticed was there were a lot of Asians, then I noticed there were a lot of girls. Then I looked again at the middle and saw the Indian guy and thought he counts as Asian. Then I looked for the white males and noticed they were all in the back. Then I noticed the one guy not smiling. Then I noticed the older looking guy on the left and wondered if he was some sort of professor. Then I noticed a lot of them were wearing blue. Then I saw the one girl with the pink shirt and really red face. Then I noticed there weren't any AAs.

Overall 12 women, 16 men, 12 Asians, possibly one Hispanic, 15 whites.

Thank you for highlighting my point. You can look at a picture with a large number of people and not realize that 15% of the US population is not represented in that photo. In 2013. SMH.

Why is this so shocking? AA go onto college in much lower numbers that the ethnicities represented in the picture, they graduate HS at lower rates than the ethnicities represented in the picture. It is probably a pretty accurate representation of the sampling of higher education, especially in a study a rigorous as statistics.