bamboo ceiling

Noun

Meaning

Especially in America, a social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.

In East Asia, a social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for women.

Examples

I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything. Eddie Huang

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