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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article does a good job of explaining how differences in question wording affect answers on this topic. Polls that ask about affirmative action get support from all racial groups because people are in favor of equality, diversity, etc. Polls that ask about considering race in college admissions have most people in all groups saying they oppose it.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-education/the-inherent-contradictions-in-the-affirmative-action-debate[/quote]

Interesting article indeed.

“The Harvard admissions case can mess with your mind,” a group of Asian American social scientists wrote in a Medium post, in 2019. “These charges resonate with all Asian Americans. They confirm our worst fears. At the same time, we must remain skeptical of these charges and how they are being used.” Affirmative action “is one of the few programs we see that is really trying to address structural inequalities,” Janelle Wong, the director of the Asian American Studies program at the University of Maryland and one of the post’s authors, told me. “And it is under attack at the same time there is growing awareness of structural inequalities.”

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