Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show Discrimination

Re:Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show D... by moomin on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:14PM (#16759754)

Thoughts 1) a lot of this sounds like a fishing expedition 2) Asian-Americans certainly face discrimination in other walks of life 3) “But what about Asians?” is pretty much like “But what about black-on-black crime?” of conservative talking points trying to deny the reality of race in America.

In short, this is a devious way of disrupting affirmative action and I’m simultaneously impressed and horrified.

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Re:Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show D... by sp527 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:15PM (#16759769)

Yea "devious" if you're not Asian. Affirmative action is a garbage policy. It should be predicated directly on financial means instead of race.

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Re:Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show D... by yongjik on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:58PM (#16760111)

I'm Asian, my kids are going to apply to universities in America in a few years, and I'm OK with Affirmative action.

Yes, I know they might have slightly better chance of acceptance if Affirmative action is gone. So what?

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Re:Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show D... by pessimizer on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:25PM (#16759846)

Yes, affirmative action is unfair. Everything should be based on the wealth of your parents, which is fair.

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Re:Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show D... by dang on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:31PM (#16759886)

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Asian-Americans Suing Harvard Say Admissions Files Show D... by imjustsaying on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:32PM (#16759896)

>sarcasm

>strawman

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