(CNN) -- A few decades ago, I remember grousing to a college friend that as an Asian American male, everyone I met assumed I was studying some kind of science or engineering -- as if the idea that I might want to pursue a career in the arts, humanities or communications was ridiculous. My friend responded that as a 6-foot-7 African American pre-med student, he would be ecstatic for someone to actually believe he had an interest in a STEM field, as opposed to, say, basketball. Back then, we laughed off the exchange as a sign of how the stereotype grass is always greener on the other side.
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Jeff Yang: The diversity statistics released from tech industry are embarrassing
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Yang: While Asians do well, there are few African Americans and Hispanics
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But being an Asian technology employee can be a professional dead end, he says
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Yang: Good news is that tech industry realizes that diversity is a weapon, not a burden
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