Asian-American Groups Accuse Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale of Bias in Admissions

[Anonymous]

I don't think most Asians would object to SES-based A Action admission policy. It's the skin color based admission policy that gives me heartburn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am mixed on the issue. On one hand, I definitely see their point. On the other side, what happens to African Americans and Hispanics who get bonus points to their score for their minority status. Do you change the criteria for universities to allow one group to have more students, Asians, knowing the ruling would really harm another minority group, African American and Hispanic.

That's something that I think hurts everyone. I guess the question is, at what point do we assess a person on their merit rather than on the color of their skin, whether for good or bad?

If you are talking about SES, low income vs. upper income, I might agree with you. But, I don't see how giving an upper income Black/Hispanic student extra point just for the color of their skin when there are poor white/Asian students who don't have a fraction of the advantages the wealthy Black/Hispanic student has as being fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most Asians would object to SES-based A Action admission policy. It's the skin color based admission policy that gives me heartburn.

+1 exactly as I stated above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im an asian who says make the races equal in admissions, but give lower income applicants an advantage.

That is a brilliant idea but guess who gets all butthurt when it is suggested?

URMs.

It is because studies show without explicit racial positive bias, URMs would be virtually shut out at top school. Too many poor whites and Asians that are stronger students than even mc/umc URMs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most Asians would object to SES-based A Action admission policy. It's the skin color based admission policy that gives me heartburn.

+1 exactly as I stated above.

The SES based affirmative action policy objections are from URMs

[Anonymous]

1. Some Asian Americans groups do not agree with getting rid of affirmative action as some Asian groups benefit from affirmative action.

2. Colleges in this country are mostly holistic admissions and consider many factors other than grades and test scores. Factors other than race. Essays, interviews and non-cookie-cutter ECs.

3. This thread is about Asians challenging admissions criteria. Again, this often turns into rants against URMs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most Asians would object to SES-based A Action admission policy. It's the skin color based admission policy that gives me heartburn.

Me too. And I say this an underrepresented minority parent, so I'm not just some butthurt white person. I am uncomfortable with the fact that my children, whose parents are lawyers and make lots of money and can afford to live in a great school district, have kids play sports/do lessons/travel/be tutored/etc. and basically have every advantage that comes along with being affluent in the US get a boost in college admissions as opposed to say, the poor rural white kid, simply because of their ethnicity.

I am all for SES based affirmative action, but do not agree with race-based.

Granted my oldest is only entering 9th grade next year, so I have some time to ponder this.

[Anonymous]

Yea sure.

[Anonymous]

Well go it own your own then. Best of luck realizing that your economic advantages will not shield your children from discrimination.

[Anonymous]

On your own.

[Anonymous]

Similar allegations were made against Harvard and Princeton and were determined to lack merit. Thesd groups want to take over the Ivies the same way they've taken over Berkeley and UCLA. Put them back on a boat to China after we've built the fence to keep out the Mexicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar allegations were made against Harvard and Princeton and were determined to lack merit. Thesd groups want to take over the Ivies the same way they've taken over Berkeley and UCLA. Put them back on a boat to China after we've built the fence to keep out the Mexicans.

We're talking about AMERICAN CITIZENS here.
That happen to have Asian ethnicity.

[Anonymous]

16:03 Wait until high school to decide if you kid is on equal footing. The race has not yet began. Your lawyer salary is not equal to the potential generational advantages many of your kids peers have and you are too early in the process to see how those advantages work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar allegations were made against Harvard and Princeton and were determined to lack merit. Thesd groups want to take over the Ivies the same way they've taken over Berkeley and UCLA. Put them back on a boat to China after we've built the fence to keep out the Mexicans.

What is wrong with you. Asians can be Americans, too. The color of skin does not make them foreigners. I posted this upthread. I've posted before on over threads. I simply cannot believe how often people on DCUM rail against Asian-Americans as foreigners. It is getting so discouraging to think that is what people think here.

[Anonymous]

These Asians are US citizens. Some of their ancestors who came here to work on railroads have been here for generations before your ancestors came. You racist.