he Scale +67 MCCA WEIGHS IN ON THE NEWS Seeking the U.S. Dream Abroad
At least 100,000 people of Indian descent have immigrated to India in 2010, according to a former senior offi cial at the Ministry of Overseas Indian Aff airs. T e sons and daughters of U.S. immigrants are returning to their parents’ country of origin in larger rates. T e trend is common among highly educated children of immigrants who see their ancestral countries as verdant lands of opportunity, the exact characteristic that brought their parents to American shores. For generations, developing countries have suff ered from “brain drain,” the fl ight of their brightest minds to America. Many scholars and business leaders don’t believe the emigration is bad for the United States. T ey say that they spread American knowledge and skills abroad, while carrying back networks—a pattern known as “brain circulation.” T e question is whether they will return to the United States or not. Even
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Goldman Sachs and MetLife to Release Diversity Data
Goldman Sachs and MetLife have agreed to publicly disclose information about the racial and gender breakdowns of their staff s. New York City’s public pension funds, whose assets exceed $118 billion, requested the companies disclose the data because they have large stakes in Goldman and MetLife. “Studies have shown the benefi ts of a diverse workforce on company perfor- mance and long-term shareowner value, and many companies say they are making serious eff orts to recruit, retain, and promote women and minorities,” says John C. Liu, who is a trustee of the pension funds. “But without quantita- tive disclosure, shareholders have no way to evaluate the eff ectiveness of these eff orts.” New York City has the nation’s highest concentration of advertising and fi nance jobs, industries that have traditionally been slow to move minorities and women into their management ranks. +3
Buyouts Still Hitting Papers, Affecting Minorities More Than Others
T e Washington Post is off ering another round of buyouts to its Newspaper Guild. More than 32 members have applied for the buyouts and more than a dozen are minorities, mostly black workers. In 2011, the percentage of African American, Asian, Latino, and Native American journalists declined in U.S. newsrooms, from 5,500 to 5,300. “At a time when the U.S. Census shows that minorities are 36 percent of the U.S. population, newsrooms are going in the opposite direction. T is is an accuracy and credibility issue for our newsrooms,” says Milton Coleman, American Society of News Editors president. -1
DIVERSITY & THE BAR® MAY/JUNE 2012
Is the U.S. Economy Biased Against Men?
Marty Nemko, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Berkeley, writes in the Atlantic that an oft- repeated phrase—“women earn 77 cents for every $1 earned by a man”—is calculated with bias. He points out that while men earn more than women among all physicians, male physicians are more likely to be in specialties requiring longer train- ing, high stress, and irregular hours such as surgery and cardiology. In contrast are women pediatricians. Men also account for 90 percent of workplace deaths, military deaths, and severe workplace injuries. Dangerous work justifi es higher pay for men. Company policies that are meant to help women may actually retract from men, since they are less likely to take advantage of on-site child care or formal or informal policies that allow parents to leave work early. Non-parents, especially men, feel like they cannot object for fear of being deemed sexist. It’s a viewpoint that is valuable and worth a closer evaluation. -1
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