Pfizer excludes Asian, white applicants from 9-year scholarship program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a problem with this. Everyone should have a problem with it.

It’s a discriminatory policy, plain and simple. No matter how some of you PPs want to spin it.

Your post might as well read, "I have a problem with this. And everyone should agree with me."

Do you walk about the world with such a close-minded, arrogant attitude?

PP is just "I am white, everyone else is racist against me."

[Anonymous]

Good for them. Blacks, Latinos, and Natuve Americans have been prevented from opportunities either through law or de facto prejudice for centuries, so this small policy is just a drop in the bucket in attempting to make up for those systemic wrongs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish they concentrated on income of the family rather than race, this way they could help poor students of all races. And yes, this would enable them to increase URM participation while not excluding poor Asian and White candidates.

However - I am a-ok with this too. Good for Pfizer.

- Asian-American.

So is it OK for a POC from a rich family in Potomac MD that attended Sidwell and go on Princeton to apply while a poor white kid who lives in Annandale can't apply?

+1. It's not okay. It should be income-based.

-1

White privilege is a thing, income aside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an Asian American, I find it infuriating that all Asians are lumped into one category. If you drill down into the data, the income and education outcomes are vastly different among Asian ethnic groups. The Hmong, for example, have some of the highest rates of poverty and lowest rates of educational attainment of any ethnic or racial group in the country, including Black and Hispanic groups. OTOH, Indian Americans on average far outpace Whites and other Asian ethnic groups.

Yup, knew that an Asian-American would come on here and dump on Indian-Americans. Or the other way around. There is so much racism within this one extremely large ethnic group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

It’s discrimination in the way you discriminate against a side salad when you choose French fries. In other words, it’s a perfectly valid choice. Your use of the word “discrimination” insinuates wrong-doing. Which isn’t present here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

Exactly. They could help build better foundations in early childhood if they really wanted to make a difference down the road.

How much paid time off do they give new parents?
They don’t really care sh*t about anyone but their own outrageous profits. Let’s just be honest here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

Studying how to take the ACT and SAT for years and years and then taking the SAT/ACT over and over doesn’t make the best students. Glad schools finally realized this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

This is obvious AND it is what most people think.

Yet, a small anti-democratic group has hijacked admissions and higher ed in the US.

Don't be surprised when more smart students go study abroad. And when fewer foreign students come here,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

This is obvious AND it is what most people think.

Yet, a small anti-democratic group has hijacked admissions and higher ed in the US.

Don't be surprised when more smart students go study abroad. And when fewer foreign students come here,

College admissions is not a meritocracy and no one is entitled admission to any school in the U.S. or anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Companies who value diversity have to come up with ways to recruit the groups that are underrepresented in their companies. This policy is actually based on numbers, not some nefarious factor like racism.

They are a private company. It is their right.

You are probably the same poster who is always saying how horrible it is for Asians to try to gain admittance to college. And I say this as someone coming from a family who is half Asian.

Try not to see everything through the lens of racism against your group.

Private companies cannot discriminate against certain races, certainly not private companies taking federal research funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

This is obvious AND it is what most people think.

Yet, a small anti-democratic group has hijacked admissions and higher ed in the US.

Don't be surprised when more smart students go study abroad. And when fewer foreign students come here,

College admissions is not a meritocracy and no one is entitled admission to any school in the U.S. or anywhere else.

It should be a meritocracy. You are applying to an educational program and your admission should be based on your educational capabilities to succeed in that educational program. There is literally no other product being sold in college but the education -it blows my mind that people believe that educational competency for the program should be deemphasized or is beside the point. It should be 95% of the admission decision. The PP who said the system has been hijacked by a liberal minority is SPOT ON.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Available to undergraduate students in their junior year, the program will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of full-time employment after undergraduate graduation, a fully paid two-year MBA, MPH or MS Statistics program, another summer internship between the first and second years of the chosen master’s program, and finally, employment with Pfizer after graduation.

Applicants must also meet Pfizer’s goals of “increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans.” This leaves out Asian and white applicants, raising discrimination concerns among observers.

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, lower than Hispanic and Latino Americans (18.9%) and African Americans (13.6%). The non-Hispanic, non-Latino white population makes up 59.3%.

Heriot said the program has a “clear case of liability” under federal law. That includes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Pfizer also described itself as an “equal opportunity employer.” In response to minorities “not included” in the program, the company said it has “multiple opportunities” available throughout the year.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-excludes-asian-white-applicants-184451504.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Asian Americans make up just 6.1% of the U.S. population, yet Asians make up over 15%-20% of enrollment at top schools - you want your cake and eat it too!

Top schools should select the best students. If a higher percentage of those happen to be Asian American, so be it. Race shouldn't matter.

"Best" based on what? A standardized test?

Nope.

Test prep mills are in abundance in the Asian community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a blue-eyed blonde whose American parents moved to South America to work for a Fortune 500 company, which is why she was born and grew up there (with, of course, summers in Maine and college on the East Coast).

She has won multiple fellowships for Hispanic/Latina women, because she is a Hispanic (i.e., Spanish-speaking) Latina (i.e., someone born and raised in Latin America).

I think of her whenever I read debates on scholarships and fellowships like this one.

If she was born and grew up there, technically she can claim that. If I were born and raised in Germany, I could choose to identify as German if I wanted to.