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Originally Posted by wutamess
For clarification: The good'ol boy network is not the richest of the rich... I'm just referring to upper levels of management in corporate America. Director level & above.
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Well, here's where I have to draw the line.
Initially, I thought that you were implying that it's extremely difficult for non-whites to rise to the level of CEO, CFO, COB, etc. of huge multi-national corporations (
that, being the "Good Ol' Boy" network). To that, I would agree (though I've stated that's true for almost anyone, regardless of race).
But if you're lowering the bar to include upper management and director level, we couldn't be in further disagreement. I know PLENTY of non-whites that are in upper management - too many to count. Countless. Hell, everyone of my wife's college friends (Chinese, Korean, Black, White, Hispanic) ALL make over $250k per year, regardless of skin color. Now granted, these are people who had extremely high grade point averages, one of the girls got her Master's from London School of Business and they live in Los Angeles, Phoenix and/or San Francisco.
If you're encountering a "glass ceiling", I think it's probably due more to the conservative nature of the area in which you live because I can assure that those types of hiring practices (the exclusion of non-whites in management positions) do not occur in the West Coast or Northeast business centers.