Re:Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
by wan23 on Saturday December 03, 2011 @08:44PM
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That's not really a good comparison. In both cases they're trying to put together the best team. Right or wrong, the idea is that having diversity of experiences improves the academic experience for everyone. I don't know why people have such a hard time understanding this. It's fair to disagree with the idea, but it's completely different from racism.
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Re:Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
by narkee on Sunday December 04, 2011 @01:37AM
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Actually that's exactly racism.
In this case, the assumption is that asian are a homogenous group, and that having a class full of asians in necessarily not diverse. That's in line with the "violin playing automatons" perception of asian students.
Why is it not possible to have diversity of experience without artificially restricting access by race. The assumption that people of a certain race are defined by the same experiences is exactly racism.
Re:Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
by hackinthebochs on Sunday December 04, 2011 @02:19AM
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>The assumption that people of a certain race are defined by the same experiences is exactly racism
That's not what's being implied, nor is that implication racist. What's implied is that people of a similar ethnicity who have similar profiles on a college application probably have a similar backgrounds. This is both logical and entirely not racist.