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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] These Asian children are disadvantaged due to their parents not being fluent with English and not being familiar with the public school system and yet they get no points unlike other minority groups and in fact they get penalized and are discriminated against in college admission. [/quote]
I am white with the same characteristics (immigrant, was poor, non-native English speaker) and never counted on the system to reward me for them. 
I know that life is not fair and teach my children that nothing is guaranteed, no matter how hard they work. I am grateful to sites like College Confidential that help me form realistic expectations.[/quote]

At least you get to enjoy the "white privilege" even if you have difficulty with English language which Asians do not enjoy so don't pretend like your "experience" is similar until you really know how it is for minority groups.[/quote]

A much bigger advantage, no matter what your race, is having parents who went to college. Even if the parents do not have a good command of English, having the experience of attending college in any country makes a huge difference. Parents who did not go to college, no matter what, country they are in, do not have the background to guide their kids in preparing for and choosing a college. They don't know what they don't know and don't know the appropriate questions to ask.

The kids at the biggest disadvantage, regardless of race or English proficiency, are the kids who will be the first generation to go to college. [b]Colleges try to give a bit of a bump for that, [/b]but it is very difficult to make up for all these kids and their parents are missing.
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Colleges try to give a bit of a bump for first generations?

The problem is many (almost all) supposed "African American" slots at the top colleges are taken up by African and Caribbean immigrants who were not oppressed for generations and they often have professional parents with good income and did not experience disadvantages but actually good support and advantages in life.

Same with Hispanics. Many (if not most) of the Hispanic slots are taken up by "whites" with Hispanic sounding names from Spain or whites with at most 1/4 Hispanic who do not even speak Spanish and has never lived outside US. What a sham. [/quote]

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