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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The great irony of this Asian-American anti-affirmative action meme is that Asian immigration to the U.S. was a by product of the civil rights movement. [b]The mere fact that Asians are here today is because of the blood, sweat, and tears of generations of African-Americans who eliminated legalized racism[/b].  It is an especially cruel irony that African-Americans insisted on using their political capital to gain immigration rights for Asians and now a small minority of those immigrants blame African-Americans because their child can't get into Stanford.

That is why all the Asian-American civil rights groups SUPPORT affirmative action.  And, that is why the most outraged Asians are the ones with the least understanding of American history.   [/quote]
And many African Americans also seem to forget that white America had a history of discriminating against all non-white people, including Asians.  Colored people = non white people. So, whatever laws and discrimination Black people suffered, Asian Americans also suffered such laws, even out West in CA.  Yes, African Americans probably more so due to the legacy of slavery, but whatever laws the US had against colored people, included Asian Americans.

BTW, it wasn't all African Americans that paved the way for civil rights for all.  I highly doubt every single AA protested and marched in DC.  Oh, and there were Asian American civil rights campaigners, too.  Their numbers were small, well, because there weren't that many Asians in the US back then because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Also, the Chinese Exclusion Act was overturned prior to the Civil Rights movement. [b]Asians came here long before the Civil Rights movement[/b].[/quote]

+1. And the same with Latinos, who were in many States centuries before AAs were. If we care about diversity, let's talk about real diversity. A poor Vietnamese immigrant shouldn't be penalized because he is Asian --[b] but the fact is, he IS penalized[/b].

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How? They’re significantly overreresented as it is.[/quote]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the crux of the problem. Stupid, dangerous, probably racist, ignorance.

Tell us, beautiful soul, how are poor Vietnamese immigrants over-represented?[/quote]

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