I think science is pretty gender-blind and color-blind.
I think scientific talent is gender-blind and colour-blind. I don't think scientists or science research culture are. Especially academic research culture. I think the continuing lack of women in higher positions in academia and industry is pretty compelling evidence of this.
By the way, are Asian scientists under-represented in the UK? I just ask out of curiosity.
It's very field-dependent. For instance, in physics, there are still few non-white scientists, with the exceptions of atmospheric physics and biophysics. Also, the meaning of "Asian" is slightly different. In the US, it tends to mean Chinese or southeast Asian. In the UK, it means Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Other Asians (including Filipinos) tend to be specifically denoted "East Asian".
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Date: 2012-06-02 03:07 pm (UTC)I think scientific talent is gender-blind and colour-blind. I don't think scientists or science research culture are. Especially academic research culture. I think the continuing lack of women in higher positions in academia and industry is pretty compelling evidence of this.
By the way, are Asian scientists under-represented in the UK? I just ask out of curiosity.
It's very field-dependent. For instance, in physics, there are still few non-white scientists, with the exceptions of atmospheric physics and biophysics. Also, the meaning of "Asian" is slightly different. In the US, it tends to mean Chinese or southeast Asian. In the UK, it means Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Other Asians (including Filipinos) tend to be specifically denoted "East Asian".