How Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans in college admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ruling class (whites) don’t like it when a minority underclass (Asians) outperforms them. They make up all sorts of garbage to justify the discrimination. See nazi Germany and the way Christians felt threatened by the Jews.

Yes the Han Chinese, by contrast, are very egalitarian and have created an open society with equal opportunity for all. I understand their anti-discriminaion laws are very strict, as are their constitutional guarantees of equal protection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ruling class (whites) don’t like it when a minority underclass (Asians) outperforms them. They make up all sorts of garbage to justify the discrimination. See nazi Germany and the way Christians felt threatened by the Jews.

You idiot. How dare you compare the plight of Asian kids not getting into Harvard with the nazi atrocities. Get a grip

[Anonymous]

But students with the same qualifications as Asian students are not labeled 'standard strong' but get labels such as "creative' and "kind." Sounds racist to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But students with the same qualifications as Asian students are not labeled 'standard strong' but get labels such as "creative' and "kind." Sounds racist to me.

There is no such thing as "same qualifications." That's the mindset that will lose the case for the plaintiff. There are 2,000 spots at the most prestigious college in the country, and you will have to go case by case, file by file, and try to second-guess Harvard's decisions. They don't pretend to go just by grades, test scores, and extra-curriculars. They're allowed to do that.

[Anonymous]

I just don't get why a particular population would fight to gain admittance to a school that clearly does not value them. Why don't they just find a school that is focused on stats and not other aspects of the student's profile? We steer away from Harvard and the other elites even though our DS is high stats and white mainly because he is coming out of a conservative (Catholic) school, and just looking at Naviance is an ugly picture of his chances. We just let it go and move on and shoot for schools that want him. Asian Americans should do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Harvard gets TJ'd it will lose it's reputation and status at the top.

No it wont - Caltech and Berkeley dont use race and are just as on top as before - 40% of the world is asian - get used to it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ruling class (whites) don’t like it when a minority underclass (Asians) outperforms them. They make up all sorts of garbage to justify the discrimination. See nazi Germany and the way Christians felt threatened by the Jews.

Have you seen what Albert Einstein, a Jew, thought of the Chinese as just revealed in his diaries? He didn't think too highly of them, to say it mildly.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/chinese-defend-einsteins-diaries-filthy-obtuse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don't get why a particular population would fight to gain admittance to a school that clearly does not value them. Why don't they just find a school that is focused on stats and not other aspects of the student's profile? We steer away from Harvard and the other elites even though our DS is high stats and white mainly because he is coming out of a conservative (Catholic) school, and just looking at Naviance is an ugly picture of his chances. We just let it go and move on and shoot for schools that want him. Asian Americans should do the same.

Yes separate but equal worked out really well for the black population. Are you advocating Plessy vs Ferguson be reinstated for Asians?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ruling class (whites) don’t like it when a minority underclass (Asians) outperforms them. They make up all sorts of garbage to justify the discrimination. See nazi Germany and the way Christians felt threatened by the Jews.

You idiot. How dare you compare the plight of Asian kids not getting into Harvard with the nazi atrocities. Get a grip

Not to mention, it’s a lawsuit on behalf of Asians.

[Anonymous]

The mayor of NYC is taking brilliant steps to diversify Stuyvesant and its like.

[Anonymous]

Maybe these schools will trim back their safety valves for dumb white kids, such as legacy preferences and baseball scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe these schools will trim back their safety valves for dumb white kids, such as legacy preferences and baseball scholarships.

Nah. They’re happy with Jared Kushner and co.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All I know is Harvard engages in "racuial balancing" and that is perfectly legal.

sorry, racial

As a Harvard Alum, I agree that having a balanced class is valuable in the learning and social experience. The kids who came in with only high GPA/SAT scores added absolutely nothing to the experience and environment. I've also talked to a number of my former Asian classmates and none of them support this lawsuit. I don't think they want to be further stereotyped by an influx of high GPA/SAT robots.

You can't possibly be a Harvard alum because you're too dumb. Nobody gets into Harvard with just high gpa/sat score (especially asians). And don't you get it? Asians aren't saying that they should get in based on just high academic stats. What they're complaining about is that even if they have everything else (interesting ec's, great essay, interviews, recs...), they simply have a harder time getting in just because they're asians. As in, if you or anyone else was reading all of Harvard's applications (not just the test scores, gpas but everything going into the application) without knowing the applicant's race, you would be selecting way more asian applicants for admission. That's racial discrimination, that they're being excluded solely based on race and nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don't get why a particular population would fight to gain admittance to a school that clearly does not value them. Why don't they just find a school that is focused on stats and not other aspects of the student's profile? We steer away from Harvard and the other elites even though our DS is high stats and white mainly because he is coming out of a conservative (Catholic) school, and just looking at Naviance is an ugly picture of his chances. We just let it go and move on and shoot for schools that want him. Asian Americans should do the same.

Yes separate but equal worked out really well for the black population. Are you advocating Plessy vs Ferguson be reinstated for Asians?

I am not this poster but it sure takes balls to compare Asians — who are 6% of the population but are 20% at Harvard — to blacks who had to attend substandard segregated schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Harvard gets TJ'd it will lose it's reputation and status at the top.

No it wont - Caltech and Berkeley dont use race and are just as on top as before - 40% of the world is asian - get used to it

Apples and oranges. Caltech and Berkeley are great schools, but not Harvard or Ivy League. Harvard represents the elite of the liberal arts university, like Cambridge and Oxford. These are legacy white western institutions and see themselves as such.