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Been thinking a lot about what it will be like as an Asian-American in the workplace.
For me, I've been able to not think about certain things like politics, discrimination, unfairness in employment and focus on my technical studies, just because the nature of those studies doesn't involve all those nasty human issues.
But now, thinking about the future, I can't keep thinking I won't have to deal with it.
Probably what has most immediately brought these issues to my attention: the story of Wen-Ho-Lee, a Taiwanese-American scientist (he was mechanical engineering too!) that worked for Los Alamos National Lab for 20 years, then was accused of being a spy, held in solitary confinement for a year without trial, then was finally released after a huge national embarassment. Usually I'm not interested in books because they don't seem relevant (sorry, I could care less about wizards in an English boarding school, for example). This one's obvious. And to think, I talked with someone from Sandia and Livermore National Labs the other day too.
Of course, our primary identity should be in our new nature, the salvation we have in Christ. But in application of the principles we're learning, we must consider these human issues in order to effectively reach out to people, and also in understand today's issues.
Maybe I should take a class on this stuff.
Random politics:
And a revelation: it's no coincidence Obama picked a Chinese-American as Secretary of Energy. Indeed, Chu is qualified enough to be picked regardless of his race, but it's interesting that as the democratic presidential successor to Clinton, he picks someone of the social group whose accusations were badly handled by Clinton's Secretary, Bill Richardson. Namely, Chinese-American scientists working for national laboratories. That's certainly a way to say "change" to the Asian-American community. And funny how Bill Richardson was considered for Secretary of Commerce before he voluntarily stepped down. Now Gary Locke, another Asian-American, is in his spot.
Wow Obama's picking a bunch of Asian-Americans. Three with Eric Shinseki, for Veterans Affairs. That's an interesting pick, considering that a lot of veterans fought in the Pacific during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
Btw, what is the deal with Bobby Jindal? Is he really governor of Louisiana? Granted, he's a conservative, but I guess not all of them down there are racist.
I wonder (if the U.S. hasn't collapsed in 30 or so years, lol), and God willing I live that long, if I'll ever see an Asian-American president. I suspect that most of the Asian-American voting group will be democrat, but hopefully there will be enough changes so that there are conservative Asian voices in politics as well.
For me, I've been able to not think about certain things like politics, discrimination, unfairness in employment and focus on my technical studies, just because the nature of those studies doesn't involve all those nasty human issues.
But now, thinking about the future, I can't keep thinking I won't have to deal with it.
Probably what has most immediately brought these issues to my attention: the story of Wen-Ho-Lee, a Taiwanese-American scientist (he was mechanical engineering too!) that worked for Los Alamos National Lab for 20 years, then was accused of being a spy, held in solitary confinement for a year without trial, then was finally released after a huge national embarassment. Usually I'm not interested in books because they don't seem relevant (sorry, I could care less about wizards in an English boarding school, for example). This one's obvious. And to think, I talked with someone from Sandia and Livermore National Labs the other day too.
Of course, our primary identity should be in our new nature, the salvation we have in Christ. But in application of the principles we're learning, we must consider these human issues in order to effectively reach out to people, and also in understand today's issues.
Maybe I should take a class on this stuff.
Random politics:
And a revelation: it's no coincidence Obama picked a Chinese-American as Secretary of Energy. Indeed, Chu is qualified enough to be picked regardless of his race, but it's interesting that as the democratic presidential successor to Clinton, he picks someone of the social group whose accusations were badly handled by Clinton's Secretary, Bill Richardson. Namely, Chinese-American scientists working for national laboratories. That's certainly a way to say "change" to the Asian-American community. And funny how Bill Richardson was considered for Secretary of Commerce before he voluntarily stepped down. Now Gary Locke, another Asian-American, is in his spot.
Wow Obama's picking a bunch of Asian-Americans. Three with Eric Shinseki, for Veterans Affairs. That's an interesting pick, considering that a lot of veterans fought in the Pacific during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
Btw, what is the deal with Bobby Jindal? Is he really governor of Louisiana? Granted, he's a conservative, but I guess not all of them down there are racist.
I wonder (if the U.S. hasn't collapsed in 30 or so years, lol), and God willing I live that long, if I'll ever see an Asian-American president. I suspect that most of the Asian-American voting group will be democrat, but hopefully there will be enough changes so that there are conservative Asian voices in politics as well.