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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by sieabahlpark on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:21PM (#21130146)
They already have been doing this. Asians are probably the most discriminated against group but no one ever talks about it. It's always about latino or blacks.
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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by munchbunny on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:45PM (#21130420)
That doesn't pass the smell test.

Ask pretty much any Asian(-American) I know, myself included, and none of them would choose to switch places with a Latino or Black friend who went to the same college and has a similar job, because we all know the problems are overall worse on the other side.

Racism against Asians in the US gets less coverage because it's generally less bad.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by GhettoMaestro on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:51PM (#21130483)
When it comes to questions of "degrees" of racism in the US I believe the root of it goes to the news cycle. And in the news business there is a very old expression "If it bleeds, it leads."

Whatever the reason for one group having more violent crime over another - I guarantee you that the more violent groups' activities will be more closely covered due to the "bleed" factor.

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