This is also an issue with “Asian”—it is such a broad category (3/5 of people!) that it combines groups with very different experiences. For example, among Burmese Americans 25% are classified by the US as living in poverty, compared to 6% of Indian Americans.
The question of what “underrepresented in EA” means is also pretty tricky, especially when you’re looking at conferences in multiple countries with different groups and histories. This summary seems to handle it by looking at the differences in breakdown between applicants, attendees, moderators, and speakers, but if people are left out of all of these groups that doesn’t show up in these stats.
This is also an issue with “Asian”—it is such a broad category (3/5 of people!) that it combines groups with very different experiences. For example, among Burmese Americans 25% are classified by the US as living in poverty, compared to 6% of Indian Americans.
The question of what “underrepresented in EA” means is also pretty tricky, especially when you’re looking at conferences in multiple countries with different groups and histories. This summary seems to handle it by looking at the differences in breakdown between applicants, attendees, moderators, and speakers, but if people are left out of all of these groups that doesn’t show up in these stats.
Responded below.
Agreed. Needs work here.