Cases of Discrimination against Asian Americans

Author(s): Stephen Chen

Links to Cases:

 

Charles Tang

Jessica Chang

Belinda Liao

 

The cases are composites of actual Asian-American experiences. There are discussion questions at the end of each case and overall questions after the last case.

Overall Discussion Questions

• In many of the incidents, Charles/Jessica/Belinda was the victim.
• What responsibility did Dynamo, as a corporation, have, if any, to help him/her?
• Some sociologists and psychologists have observed that the failure of some Asian-Americans in business results from factors in upbringing and environment. Select a few of these and discuss them (e.g., lack of role models at home, emphasis on scholarship, racism, sexism).

Stephen Chen, AT&T Bell Laboratories abstract by Online Ethics Center staff