(East Asia, idiomatic) A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for women.
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(US, idiomatic) A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.
The title Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling was selected because it acknowledges that Asian Americans do indeed face obstacles in the workplace and it asserts that there are cultural barriers that play a role in impeding career advancement.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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