You’re Not An Impostor, You’re Colonized: a Convo for the Asian Diaspora
May 25, 2022 12:00 - May 24, 2022 13:00
(GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
This is a safe space for people who identify as AANHPI or Asian-Canadian to have an honest conversation about being Asian in North America.
About this event
AANHPI and Asian-Canadian friends: Do you ever wonder if you’re culturally incompatible with the Western business world?
Maybe you’ve done everything right as a “Model Minority”, but now it’s a disadvantage when it comes to executive roles. Or maybe you don’t feel like a “Model Minority” at all, but the stereotypes against Asians – and your family’s expectations – won’t let you out of that mold.
If you’re feeling Impostor Syndrome in your job, or have been told you don’t have enough “executive presence”, it’s not you – it’s our colonized, white supremacy society.
Arianna Laila Dela Rosa and Rosie Yeung have both been there. They’re obedient Asian children of immigrants who followed the Model Minority path. Then they left that path to work in Justice, Equity, Decolonization and Inclusion (JEDI), and to empower racialized people in their lives and careers.
But Arianna and Rosie don’t have it all figured out. They continue to struggle with identity, ancestral values, and the unique culture of the Asian diaspora. They also recognize that “Asian” and “Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders” encompass a wide diversity of people, beliefs and customs, most of which they don’t know.
So in this Changing Lenses Convo, Arianna and Rosie will share openly from their own perspectives as a Filipina-American and Hong Kong-Canadian about:
- How the intergenerational impacts of colonization might affect their families’ expectations for their careers
- How immigrating to a white-dominant country might influence their mindsets and their parents’ career advice
- How the Asian principle of filial piety creates pressure to center family in career decisions
- How common Asian values do not align with white corporate spaces, making it hard to believe we are worthy in our careers.