American-born Asian college grad applies for job, is rejected for being a “foreign national”
Racial tension is dominating the mainstream media, and for good reason. As much as we hate to admit it, racism and discrimination is still prevalent in society. The only difference is more and more people are speaking up about it.
Unfortunately, racial discrimination still occurs in today’s job market. While we might look at racism as white and black, it’s far bigger. Racism is a universal issue that affects everyone, just ask one young woman from California.
A recent college graduate, Tiffany Trieu, applied to a design job but never heard back from the employer. She followed up with the employer on LinkedIn and received a startling response.
She didn’t hear back from her employer because she was immediately classified as “foreign national.” The company felt they had hired enough “foreigners” and needed more American-born employees.
One click on Tiffany’s LinkedIn profile, and the employer would have quickly learned that she is an American-born woman who recently graduated from an excellent university – UC Davis.
While such a story isn’t as big or newsworthy as a shooting, it can’t be ignored. These small acts of discrimination occur far more often and frequently – the only difference is we rarely hear about them. These small acts affect numerous lives in ways for the worse, and it needs to be addressed.
Read more about Tiffany’s experience in her Facebook post below.
The Facebook post reads:
Racial discrimination in the job market is real. It’s unfortunate I had to experience it myself to believe it.
I am speaking up about this as I and many of my friends are on the job search. We are all looking for a work environment to pour hard work into, give back to the community, and build a career (hopefully paying off college loans, too). For someone to turn you down before they consider what you can offer because of their assumptions based on how you look, your race, your nationality…that is extremely disappointing.
I applied to a water feature design position and sent a follow-up LinkedIn message to the studio’s president. Unfortunately this is what I received, and I also must note the president is a white male.
This conversation is given that the only information he had was my profile picture on LinkedIn. The most disconcerting part is HIS RESPONSE, not taking responsibility for his wrongful assumptions. That he “not [a] bad” person would never jump to the conclusions that he did.
If this happens to you, know you don’t have to face it alone. We should speak up. Our silence can keep privileged people in their positions of power.
Thank you for listening. Let us focus on HIS RESPONSE, rather than mine. This is where the problem lies. The next step is for us to do something. So how do you help? Let’s make discrimination, racism, -isms a part of our everyday conversations.
We applaud Tiffany for her mature response in the way she handled the situation
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and please SHARE this young woman’s experience with others. This is an important issue that needs to be addressed!
[Source: Facebook – Tiffany Trieu]
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