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Article which counters the Asians as the " model minority" myth.

[b]"More than two in three Asian Americans – 69% – support affirmative action, and that’s been the case for nearly a decade. Within that demographic, support is highest among Korean Americans and Asian Indian Americans (at least 80%) and lowest among Chinese Americans, 59% of whom say they favor such policies. [/b]

Despite that polling data and widespread Asian American activism in support of affirmative action, Students for Fair Admissions – whose conservative donors have engaged in a larger crusade targeting issues including voting rights – have sought to paint a different picture. They are, critics say, using Asian Americans as a wedge to incite infighting among communities of color."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/11/06/affirmative-action-case-harvard-admissions-asian-americans/10599572002/

In the Affirmative Action cases before the Supreme Court, the conservative Students For Fair Admissions (SFFA) - led by Ed Blum - is using the Asian Americans to keep URMs marginalized.[/quote]

That sounds odd to me. I don't know any Asian who supports AA, myself included.

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I am Korean American and i do not know any Korean American supporting AA. In Fact, many are angry about it.[/quote]

You're part of the 31%. That's ok. Just don't be in denial that there are a [b]decent[/b] Asians who support AA. There was a strong contingent who were at the Supreme Court during the actual hearing.

What you you "angry" about?

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Trust me, the standard of decency is not the support of AA. Embracing diversity implies acceptance of views without passing value judgement.  You done exhibit any of that.  Most Asians are supportive of diversity but very skeptical when it comes to AA.  That is because universities use the veneer of AA to push across discrimination to the detriment of Asian Americans.  Once AA is gone, there will be other better mechanisms that emerge to foster diversity and inclusion.  But AA is way past its shelf life.  [/quote]

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