Asian American leaders find 'bamboo ceiling' tough to crack for promotions
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Asian American woman slightly out number white women in the professional ranks in the Bay Area.
Yet white women make up 18.5 percent of all white collar executives in the Bay Area compared to 7 percent for Asian women.
"So dynamics for Asian promotion rates for companies, consistently that Asians are least likely to be promoted," said Buck Gee, a retired Cisco executive.
He's also a former board member of Ascend, a non-profit originally funded by the Big 4 accounting firms to integrate Asian Americans into management positions.
