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At some top companies, Asian Americans are overrepresented in midlevel roles and underrepresented in leadership. The root of this workplace inequality could stem from the all-too-common experience of being confused for someone else.
Ten Years Ago, Ed Balls Tweeted ‘Ed Balls.’ How Is It Still Funny?
A decade is an eternity in internet years. But people still haven’t forgotten the British politician’s errant tweet, and he’s still playing along.
“If my name was Ed Smith it wouldn’t have been the same amusement in there,” Ed Balls said.Credit.Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
April 28, 2021Updated 5:05 a.m. ET
LONDON Ten years ago on Wednesday, a politician who was a significant figure in British politics but hardly an international star followed an aide’s suggestion: He loaded the Twitter app on his BlackBerry and searched for his own name to see what people were saying about him.