Are Asians NOT included in DEI efforts?
I was reading this article about the Davos forum where CEOs were talking about how they’ll continue their DEI efforts.
I noticed that the Chase CEO specifically mentioned the “Black and Hispanic” community, excluding Asians. (First picture)
It triggered my curiosity so I googled “are asians included in dei” (Second picture) and the first result implies that Asians aren’t really included in DEI.
Then I read a question about this on Quora (Third picture) and saw there were many similar questions, which suggest that Asians are indeed excluded from DEI.
I’ve lived in the US only for a few years and didn’t know a great deal about DEI, but I always assumed that Asians would benefit from it as a minority group.
Is it true that DEI only includes black and Hispanic people?
I have a somewhat related experience about the term PoC.
A white friend of mine was once talking about a “people of color club” at her university. I asked, “are there Asians too?”
She said “No, only black people…” and she looked at me with extremely confused eyes, asking “Do you consider yourself as a person of color?”
I could read her mind; she was thinking ‘but your skin color is white!’
I thought the term PoC meant anyone who is not of white European descent, regardless of the actual amount of melanin in skin. As a Northeast Asian, my skin color is paler than most white people, but that does not make me a white person.
Do Americans actually think race is all about skin color, thus Asians shouldn’t be included in DEI as their skin color isn’t dark?
Question: what about South Asians? West Asians?