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Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn by fatjokes on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:16AM (#34090097)
Um what. Last I checked Asians were definitely a racial minority in America. Saying they're not minorities because they're a majority of TJ is like saying Blacks aren't minorities because they're a majority in Harlem. It denies their lived experiences outside a very specific bubble.
Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn by jcranmer on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:36AM (#34090193)
I'm not saying that they're not a minority; I'm saying they're not a disadvantaged minority. And, in the larger context of TJ, there's an ongoing battle over the extremely low level of black and Hispanic population (which are largely disadvantaged) versus the extremely high level of Asian population.
Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn by fatjokes on Thursday December 22, 2022 @10:36AM (#34094367)
Again, extremely narrow definition of advantage.
Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn by asranomani on Thursday December 22, 2022 @09:51PM (#34101835)
Are you serious? What do you know about the families? And what right do you have to dismiss our families as "advantaged" and thus deserving of having awards kept secret from us. This is the kind of two-faced callousness that has gotten the school into this trouble. Let me guess? You're also a member of the TJ Alumni Action Group, which has targeted our Asian families with racist stereotypes like the kind you are perpetuating.