bamboo ceiling
bamboo ceiling · bamboo ceilings
A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for…A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.
Meaning
2 senses(US, idiomatic)A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.
(idiomatic)A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for women.
Origin
Modeled on glass ceiling, popularized in 2005 by Jane Hyun in Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling,Modeled on glass ceiling, popularized in 2005 by Jane Hyun in Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, see quotations.
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Forms
plural: bamboo ceilings| Singular | bamboo ceiling |
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