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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.  I also think the responses here are kind of racist.  Rather than thinking about what may be a true discrimination based on race, so many posts are about the problems with high achieving Asians.  I am white btw.  I get that there are a lot of Asian Americans who fit the generalization of hyper competitive, grade oriented students just looking to get into Harvard.  There are a lot of whites who fit that generalization too.  If you put a white face on all of the Asian Americans who are applying to Harvard and told me their resume, I'd be saying a lot of them should be a shoo-in for Harvard too.  I think that the minute you say Asian, we have a tendency to start assigning them into these negative stereotypes, and that is racist.

Can posters respond to this:  do you think it is wrong to have quotas based STRICTLY on race?  (not socioeconomic status or anything to do with traits truly valuable to the candidate's application)[/quote]

This is what Asian Americans are trying to say. If they were white, AA or Hispanic, they would have easier time gaining admission to top schools but they have much tougher time strictly because of race. In addition, the issue gets derailed with the typical attack on Asians as only good for high scores, high GPA, prep like crazy stereotypes instead of recognizing hard work in trying to overcome the ever increasing and changing admission criteria only for the Asians. [/quote]

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