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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 decent 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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Another Korean here. I don’t know anybody either. I’d love to meet one to understand their perspective. I don’t see why anyone would support that. Maybe young kids who feel they “have to”??[/quote]

You don't support diversity on college campuses?[/quote]

Diversity through the support in preparing whoever need help to achieve the merit that prizes are based on, not just directly give out prizes so certain quota are met regardless of academic achievement.
In practice, states and communities should provide additional tutoring, additional extra curriculum to students that fall behind through K-12. Do whatever we can additionally to help the kids who are behind, but in the end diplomas can only be awarded to those who have achieved the goal the diploma is worth. So is the college admission solely based on merit. 
This is how we should achieve diversity on college campus, or any other career professions really.

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Exactly.  Giving free points just because of certain skin color is not even a quick fix. [/quote]

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