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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by bJGVygG7MQVF8c on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:43AM (#22978458)
Except that this pattern doesn't hold for Indian immigrants. (The research is out there, I invite you to go find it.) So it's not fundamentally about foreignness, but rather about the uneven distribution of certain qualities amongst different population groups.

One could argue that the problem is at root with the American? Western? structural bias in favor of extroversion and assertiveness, but you need de-mystify the dynamics involved in the first place to make that case clearly.

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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by mannykannot on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:50PM (#22983926)
> Except that this pattern doesn't hold for Indian immigrants.

Except that the post I am replying to is not just about Indian inmmigrants, and, as I specifically make a point of, says the same about quite a wide range of origins.

> I invite you to go find it.

If you can't be bothered to support your case, I can't be bothered to do so for you - especially as I suspect that it is beside the point.

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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by derangedHorse on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:58AM (#22987169)
No one wants to go on a wild-goose chase for research that you seem to think is credible but won’t even bother posting for discussion
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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by bJGVygG7MQVF8c on Friday May 01, 2020 @05:57AM (#23040572)
Then don't. Are you looking for my permission? There it is, you have it.

I think you misjudge my aims in posting.

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