Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 19 1993— Page Women of color hit obstacles in Business By San Francisco Examiner Labor projects Edith Yamanoha a nurturing manager at AT&T in San Francisco knows die corporate game: “There are set rules in any corporation That’s a given That’s just something one has to into or you won’t be able to survive in that world You play the game” As diversity 'reaches into corporate America of die 1990s more and more women of color like Yamanohe a Japanese American are climbing the management ladder But their numbers remain small — hampered by persistent cultural stereotypes in a white work world and in some cases by internal cultural male-dominat- ed conflicts Those who have made it find that loneliness comes with the territory 1990 and 2003 Latino Asian and women in die work force will fuel most of die estimated growth in die female labor force Hispanic women alone will account for 13 percent of die increase in die total labor force by 2000 African-Americ- an Asian-America- ns At this point though they make workshops led by Apodaca True and others to help prepare minority women for advancement TinHa de Mello executive director of Alumnae Resources says die term glass ceiling has “more than one meaning for for black women and 27 percent professional women of color” for “other” women including For Leticia Pena a White women Latina who is an attorney with die accounted for 232 percent of top National Labor Relations Board in San Francisco it’s being called on jobs “We have a long way to go” pnnutmtly to be an interpreter for said Reiko True a psychologist other lawyers because she speaks “The locations are different but up just a fraction of die managethere are die same feelings of ment ranks The US Equal isolation” said Virginia Apodaca Employment Opportunity Com- regional manager for die federal mission reports die percentage of government’s Office of Civil management jobs held by Latina “Many are finding women was 08 percent 2 percent Rights themselves die only Latina in the workplace They’re the ones who are asked where die best Mexican restaurant is” Just how American corporations deal with women rtf color is no idle query The US Department Boeing’s 747 still going Asian-America- m non-prof- The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports the percentage of management jobs held by Latina women was 08 percent 2 percent for black women and 27 percent for “other” women including White women accounted for 232 percent of top jobs ns worker”’ hard really cans have with their own culture Speaking up promoting oneself and taking risks are hardly traditional Asian family values Deference to authority hard work and uncomplaining and modest demeanor are Yamanohe of AT&T says herself struggled over die Japanese tradition of employee loyalty before quitting a deadend job porate community but in American society in genend” says Japan-boTrue “That is to see them as sex objects in a very subservient women’s role that they are and work hard — the worker bee So we tend to typical get exploited” At the same time True and others say other barriers stem from conflicts many Asian Ameri and director of special projects Spanish with San Francisco’s Department “I’ve become a glorified of Mental Health who advocates translator instead of being able to career development for Asian develop my legal skills and trial American women experience” said Pena "I’m Li answer Alumnae Resources hitting a glass ceiling I can’t move it a San Francisco career forward and I’m stuck” There are also stereotypes of development organization for women has been offering Asian American women some say “People see an Asian woman and they think diminutive’ a said Geraldine Abello a Filipina who is an assistant for campaigns at United Way At a recent Alumnae Resources’ workshop women were asked about stereotypes of Asian American women at work They replied: “Cute apologetic feminine ‘do as told’ hardworking subservient meek good at math exotic analytical and aren’t ‘uppity’” by die vice-preside- nt WSne attractive legal secretary said she out for a paralegal position in her law firm for which she had trained But she was told she’d have to take a drastic pay cut if she switched jobs “I was paid to be an ornament and look good” she said “There is a built-i-n sexism a stereotypical view of Asian American women that is really pervasive not only in die cor GIANTANNIVERSARYiSALE I ' ’ w Lv‘ ' v J I WEDNESDAYS HERALD JOURNAL -- PAUL PAINES JR for MAYOR Prinwy Oct Sth VOTE strong By Deutsche PraeaeAgentur — The 1000th jumbo jet recently rolled out of the production hall in Seattle and on Oct 12 it’s to be delivered to Singapore Airlines The rollout was not only a milestone in die his troy of civil aviation but also underscored again die huge importance of the plane for die giant Boeing company in die Northwest People would have laughed ' back on Feb 9 1969 when the first plane made its maiden 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