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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I am the mother of an Asian American kid. She is smart, hard working and throws herself into her EC’s.  She is doing incredibly well at school.  Both she and I support affirmative action.  We both understand why from a perspective of providing chances for black and brown (although not brown like her) kids to see themselves in these fields requires changing the makeup of the workforce being trained.  That is all well and good.  But it tone deaf of you to not appreciate  that your (equally smart and talented) daughter has an advantage over mine and to complain about ignorant people’s diminishing of your daughter’s accomplishments.   [b]From a societal level, I support you.[/b]  From a mom dealing with college apps for her brilliant kid, I would rather be in your place.  [/quote] Do you have that same feeling about job applications? Internship selections? Pay? Loan applications? Would you rather be in her daughters shoes in any of those scenarios? How about when facing a jury of your peers? Oh I see, it’s only when it comes to college admissions and you have skin in the game. Tone deaf indeed. [/quote]

Maybe not my daughter.  But my son?  Looks like a regular brown kid.  He is not likely to be treated much differently than many others if he gets into a run in with police.  He is Indian American.

Do you really think Asian Americans are given preferences in pay?  Maybe true.  Hasn’t seemed true in my career but maybe it’s a case of not knowing what I don’t know.

Internships and jobs?  My kid will hopefully be competitor but do you really think she will be more competitive than a highly qualified URM from a top school?  At our work place, we are faking over ourselves to find these candidates (as we should be).  [/quote]

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