So whites are underrepresented? Whites make up 75% of the population. |
53.7% of students at Yale are white. Are they all women or is Yale not a "good college"? |
75% of the global population is not white. |
Right, 53.7%. Why is it 20% less than the representative population of the country? |
It’s actually not. They are all being replaced by woman without considering anything else. I do think more woman and minority representation is needed obviously, but I do think it’s going the complete opposite way. |
Who cares about the globe? This is the United States. |
Yale takes applications from every country. Keep up. |
< 75% of the population is white among those under 18. |
. You don't want to go down this route. The world is 60% Asian. Is Yale? |
Why cant you son look to female role models? Girls have had to look to male role models for years! My nephew an avid skier just wanted a famous woman skier because that is his role model! If you are showing him old stuff he will get thr ideas that only white men can do stuff and save the day. Your son wont break if he is shown women or POC as lead actors! I hate when someone says it had "swung too far the other way" where we were you when yhe great white male way was the only way? |
Actually, PP is correct; most children’s shows are today designed for little girls. But it’s not for nefarious reasons, it‘s just more profitable because little girls (and their moms) spend more. Children‘s shows are created solely for the character toys and accessories that hit the market. For a variety of reasons, little girl shows generate a lot more revenue in the toy market than boys‘ characters. But boy characters (like Marvel heroes) are more enduring, meaning one character (Spider-Man) will generate profit from 3 year olds to 35 year old males. |
I graduated grad school in the sciences and know of one minority female in the same program who went to go to work in pharma as a scientist right out of school (extremely difficult job to obtain). In less than 3 years she's now a senior scientist. That's absurd. That's all without doing any post-doc of any kind and also having no prior industry experience. If you're white and male, just to get a scientist position in pharma you better have publications out the wazoo in top journals, and you better have 5+ years of post-doc experience in a prestigious lab. Then you'll only start as a scientist, and it'll take another 5-10+ years of experience to reach a senior scientist position. You can also forget about getting a tenure track position these days in academia if you're a white dude. It's ridiculous pandering to diversity without requiring people to put in the time and training like other groups. The person I know that rocketed up to a position like that also came from an UMC family - her dad was a professor and mom was a physician. As if she came from an underprivileged household my behind. My mom was a social worker for the state making $31k per year and my dad was a mechanic making $45k per year. I guess I had more privilege though growing up in a very blue collar home than a minority person who grew up in a 6 figure income household. Asian men also face the same discrimination, as was revealed by the google lawsuits. This is why China and Asia will be much better in the future when it comes to innovation and GDP growth - they hire the best people possible and don't care about diversity crap. I've even seriously considered moving East to take my skills elsewhere where aptitude and skills are rewarded, and people don't get promoted for identity issues. Plenty of opportunities exist in China, Singapore, and Korea these days. The vast majority of economic growth will be in Asia in 21st century anyway as they blow away the US. |
53.7% of students at Yale are white. Are they all women or is Yale not a "good college"? Can you answer this already or are you going to keep changing your point every time I show you're wrong? Yeah, if we follow your logic Asians are underrepresented. Why do you think the demographics of Yale have to match the demographics of the globe? |
There have been strong female role models in the media, it's just that the media does it horribly these days and shoves the diversity crap down your throat. They used to do it better back in the old days. Evvvvvvvvvvvveryone loves a strong female character like Ripley from Aliens, or a strong black character like Sidney Poitier. But these days, they do diversity for diversity's sake, and it is lame as hell. It is phony grandstanding to cater toward an agenda. Everyone can see through the flimsy efforts. |
| I do not get this, as mother to a white boy. I have noticed that the whole world WANTS him to do well -- I notice this especially from women of color who hold him in the highest regard. Don't get me wrong, he's smart, hardworking, charismatic, etc....but his sister is too and the same qualities get her absolutely nowhere. I feel like everyday he has the wind at his back. I suppose for a middle aged white man, it's hard to see that, because any room at the table for others means less for them. |