Asian-Americans Fight Back Against School Discrimination

[Anonymous]

From Harvard to a Virginia high school, courts take up racial preferences’ harm to this minority population.

"Despite all the happy talk on the left about the benefits of diversity, America’s real strength has been its ability to transcend problems that have crippled other multiethnic, multireligious and multilingual societies. We’re at our best when the focus is on what unites us as Americans. And what seems to be uniting a growing number of Americans today is opposition to a Democratic equity agenda that effectively plays racial and ethnic groups against one another.

The Supreme Court is poised to strike a blow for colorblind college admissions later this year when it considers a case involving alleged anti-Asian discrimination at Harvard. But the fight continues at the K-12 level as well. Two years ago, the school board in Fairfax County, Va., altered the admissions standards at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, one of the top-ranked public schools in the country. Among other things, standardized testing requirements were eliminated, and subjective admission criteria were added in an effort to deny slots to Asian-Americans and boost enrollment among blacks and Hispanics."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-american-fight-school-discrimination-affirmative-action-racial-justice-admissions-standards-testing-charter-schools-achievement-gap-harvard-supreme-court-11646172518?mod=flipboard

[Anonymous]

We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

You should check this out. It will open your eyes:

https://defendinged.org/incidents/tjpapers/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

You should check this out. It will open your eyes:

https://defendinged.org/incidents/tjpapers/

I saw this already. But I stand by what I wrote: legacy admit is more of an issue for elite institutions than the Harvard lawsuit discriminating against Asian Americans. The slice of pie that non legacy admits have to fight for is a lot smaller than the legacy admit portion. If they do away with legacy admit (which again, benefits UMC white people the most), the slice of pie for ALL non-legacy admits would increase, which would help *everyone*.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

You should check this out. It will open your eyes:

https://defendinged.org/incidents/tjpapers/

I saw this already. But I stand by what I wrote: legacy admit is more of an issue for elite institutions than the Harvard lawsuit discriminating against Asian Americans. The slice of pie that non legacy admits have to fight for is a lot smaller than the legacy admit portion. If they do away with legacy admit (which again, benefits UMC white people the most), the slice of pie for ALL non-legacy admits would increase, which would help *everyone*.

They will never get rid of legacy. Why would they? It benefits UC-UMC whites mostly.

[Anonymous]

I am not Asian but I hope they fight back. In my city, our number 1 magnet has a high Asian population. Similar things are happening with the admissions process. However, a large percentage of the Asian population have parents who are poor immigrants. People keep throwing the word "privilege" around. I am mot sure how being a poor immigrant and probably a high percentage are not documented make you privileged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

You should check this out. It will open your eyes:

https://defendinged.org/incidents/tjpapers/

I saw this already. But I stand by what I wrote: legacy admit is more of an issue for elite institutions than the Harvard lawsuit discriminating against Asian Americans. The slice of pie that non legacy admits have to fight for is a lot smaller than the legacy admit portion. If they do away with legacy admit (which again, benefits UMC white people the most), the slice of pie for ALL non-legacy admits would increase, which would help *everyone*.

You aren't asian american. Also, the SCOTUS cases are definitely going to go in favor of race blind admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

You should check this out. It will open your eyes:

https://defendinged.org/incidents/tjpapers/

I saw this already. But I stand by what I wrote: legacy admit is more of an issue for elite institutions than the Harvard lawsuit discriminating against Asian Americans. The slice of pie that non legacy admits have to fight for is a lot smaller than the legacy admit portion. If they do away with legacy admit (which again, benefits UMC white people the most), the slice of pie for ALL non-legacy admits would increase, which would help *everyone*.

You aren't asian american. Also, the SCOTUS cases are definitely going to go in favor of race blind admissions.

When I look in the mirror, it tells me otherwise. But thanks for trying to tell me what my race is .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We already have a few threads about this. I don't think the Harvard case will go anywhere.

The legacy hook is more of an issue because legacy admits mostly benefits white UMC, and it's a fairly large chunk of the admits.

-Asian American

You should check this out. It will open your eyes:

https://defendinged.org/incidents/tjpapers/

I saw this already. But I stand by what I wrote: legacy admit is more of an issue for elite institutions than the Harvard lawsuit discriminating against Asian Americans. The slice of pie that non legacy admits have to fight for is a lot smaller than the legacy admit portion. If they do away with legacy admit (which again, benefits UMC white people the most), the slice of pie for ALL non-legacy admits would increase, which would help *everyone*.

They will never get rid of legacy. Why would they? It benefits UC-UMC whites mostly.

I know.. that's why I stated that this is a bigger issue than "holistic" admissions using race. It's not only racist, but classist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not Asian but I hope they fight back. In my city, our number 1 magnet has a high Asian population. Similar things are happening with the admissions process. However, a large percentage of the Asian population have parents who are poor immigrants. People keep throwing the word "privilege" around. I am mot sure how being a poor immigrant and probably a high percentage are not documented make you privileged.

Privilege doesn’t only refer to the amount of money someone has. There are lots of ways to be advantaged that don’t involve money at all. Kids have no say in what family they are born to and shouldn’t be penalized for that fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not Asian but I hope they fight back. In my city, our number 1 magnet has a high Asian population. Similar things are happening with the admissions process. However, a large percentage of the Asian population have parents who are poor immigrants. People keep throwing the word "privilege" around. I am mot sure how being a poor immigrant and probably a high percentage are not documented make you privileged.

Privilege doesn’t only refer to the amount of money someone has. There are lots of ways to be advantaged that don’t involve money at all. Kids have no say in what family they are born to and shouldn’t be penalized for that fact.

DP.. you know that goes both ways, right? It applies to the Asian American immigrant kid, too.

[Anonymous]

All I read here is that Asians are afraid to lash out against the legacy process which is mostly white privilege. Sounds like they're afraid to anger them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All I read here is that Asians are afraid to lash out against the legacy process which is mostly white privilege. Sounds like they're afraid to anger them.

legacy process is a lot harder to fight against because it's nnot about race, even as most of those who benefit from it are white UMC.

[Anonymous]

From the numbers at elite colleges and high schools, there is still a good percentage of Asian students...just a lot of hate from the parents of the kids who didn't get in. None of the Asians at those schools are complaining about a lack of Asian peers.

Just because you test well and have a high GPA doesn't mean you're entitled to admission. There are other factors involved. When will you understand that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not Asian but I hope they fight back. In my city, our number 1 magnet has a high Asian population. Similar things are happening with the admissions process. However, a large percentage of the Asian population have parents who are poor immigrants. People keep throwing the word "privilege" around. I am mot sure how being a poor immigrant and probably a high percentage are not documented make you privileged.

Privilege doesn’t only refer to the amount of money someone has. There are lots of ways to be advantaged that don’t involve money at all. Kids have no say in what family they are born to and shouldn’t be penalized for that fact.

Don’t black parents at least speak English? She me Asian parents are not fluent in English so that would put them at a disadvantage.