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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that an early post was spot-on.

Asians are being discriminated against due to discomfort (felt by other races) with certain aspects of Asian culture -- specifically stereotypes about Asian students being emotionally damaged by their hyper-competitive "Tiger Moms" telling them that they are a disgrace to their family if they don't get into a prestigious school, and so spending most of their youth locked in an unnatural arms-race, obsessing over test-taking and doing prestigious ECs and thinking about how they will commit suicide if they get a B+ in AP Calculus.

This sort of thing goes on, to an extent, in upper-middle class white families as well, but Asians are perceived as being particularly characteristic of this stereotype.

I know it seems unfair, but most people will get excited about a black guy from the 'hood who got a 1300/1600 on his SATs is extraordinarily talented, while an Asian who gets a 1400/1600 is just "meh." People will just assume that the black guy is somehow more "authentic."
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Or because a 1300/1600 for a black guy is a better score compared to other Blacks than a 1400/1600 is compared to other Asians? It's even more impressive if they're from the hood. A poor Asian from the hood scoring a 1300/1600 is a cause for celebration as well, the SAT correlates well with income. [/quote]

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