Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win Justice Dept. Support

Re:Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win... by pastor_elm on Thursday August 30, 2018 @12:41PM (#17878151)

Disappointed in what the ACLU has become. I don't think their fundamental intentions are off, but in order to raise money in an anti-Trump era, they've definitely veered off course in practice.

EDIT: For those downvoting me, you should give this a listen: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/podcasts/the-daily/aclu-n...

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Re:Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win... by arif_sohaib on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:45PM (#17878878)

Brown guy in the US here. And Muslim and Pakistani. What kind of racism do you think I face? I felt more discrimination in Pakistan for being short and quiet and not having a deep voice than I ever did in the US for being brown, Muslim and Pakistani. I have been sent through the express lane many times at airport check-in, I have prayed openly(in a corner) at 2 airports, I have worked with a Christian Republican who dropped me off at a mosque on my request and reminded me of prayer times.

I know this is anecdotal but I firmly believe the issue is pure economics + upgringing. I happen to be a moderately rich Pakistani Muslim from a happy and close-knit family, a white person with less income and/or bad family life will have it much harder in the US than I do and thanks to affarmative action, he will have a much harder time getting into an ivy league school than any member of my family or any rich/happy Black or Hispanic family.

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Re:Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win... by BadassFractal on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:47PM (#17878899)

Like you said, "brown guys" seem do be doing alright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U...

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