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The model minority is losing patience
The Economist ^ | 10/07/2015

Posted on 10/07/2015 2:13:41 PM PDT by MadIsh32

MICHAEL WANG, a young Californian, came second in his class of 1,002 students; his ACT score was 36, the maximum possible; he sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration; he got third place in a national piano contest; he was in the top 150 of a national maths competition; he was in several national debating-competition finals. But when it came to his university application he faced a serious disappointment for the first time in his glittering career. He was rejected by six of the seven Ivy League colleges to which he applied.

“I saw people less qualified than me get better offers,” says Mr Wang. “At first I was just angry. Then I decided to turn that anger to productive use.” He wrote to the universities concerned. “I asked: what more could I have done to get into your college? Was it based on race, or what was it based on?” He got vague responses—or none. So he complained to the Department of Education. Nothing came of it. “The department said they needed a smoking gun.”

In May this year Mr Wang joined a group of 64 Asian-American organisations that made a joint complaint to the Department of Education against Harvard, alleging racial discrimination. That follows a lawsuit filed last year against Harvard and the University of North Carolina by a group of Asian-American students making similar charges. The department rejected the claim in July, but another two complaints have since been filed by Asian-Americans, one against Harvard and one against nine other universities.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Focus Software; Food
KEYWORDS: afroturf; asians; astroturf; blackkk; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; business; california; economy; harvard; ivyleague; massachusetts; michaelwang; northcarolina; obamanation; prop209; proposition209; redistribution; reparations; unc; whiteprivilege
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To: MadIsh32

He should be thankful he didn’t get accepted.


21 posted on 10/07/2015 2:42:53 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: MadIsh32

problem is if Obama had a son he wouldn’t look like you.....


22 posted on 10/07/2015 2:44:27 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: ken5050

>>ol. He has NO business applying to all seven Ivy League schools, and his HS guidance counselors are at fault for letting him do so, and supporting his applications.<<

What a load. Let us pretend his ISN’T a hopie-changie fool. A kid has exactly ONE allegiance: to himself. He should apply to EVERY college that he thinks he can get into and he wants to attend.

The other schools have been doing this for a long time and the admissions officers know how to weigh for the Wangs of the world.


23 posted on 10/07/2015 2:44:45 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The 17th Amendment was the beginning of the end. The end was the 19th ;) Thank God for the 21st!)
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To: headstamp 2

Compare this with a community which knocks those who study hard as “acting white”...

Which one do you think will succeed?


24 posted on 10/07/2015 2:51:44 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: freedumb2003

LOL!

But on the other hand, many young people would have jumped at the chance to perform for a president - not matter what party.


25 posted on 10/07/2015 2:52:01 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: patriotspride

So many funny, cynical responses to this story!


26 posted on 10/07/2015 2:52:53 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: ken5050
Obviously, he expected to get into all of them..and he deserved to do so, on the merits.

Probably not on the expectations. He most likely applied to all of them because he knows it's a crap shoot for Asians, and he expected to be rejected at most because of their racism. I know several Asian families in which the kids did the same expecting to deal with racist decisions. I don't blame him for doing his best to win at least once in a dishonest game.

27 posted on 10/07/2015 2:55:08 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: freedumb2003
And that's another problem..for the better ranked schools, the admissions office is now a profit center..I remember vividly 15 years ago..when my oldest daughter was applying..she wanted to go to Yale....so bad..she applied early decision..which showed her commitment to Yale..unlike Wang;s..who ahd none.though fully qualified in every way...academically, athletically, and her outside interests...she didn't get in..yet had her skin been a different color, and had we lived in a different zip code..they'd have chartered a plane to bring her to New Haven. The rejection letter said in part..." We received 13,500 applications for some 800 places in the freshman class. We took 450 on early decision. You have been put back into the remaining pool of applicants."

At the time, Yale's fee was $150. Do the math...

28 posted on 10/07/2015 2:55:36 PM PDT by ken5050 ("Kevin McCarthy is Eric Cantor with ten less IQ points..." Mark Levin)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
How 'affirmative action' morphed into quotas is because of one thing: metrics.

everything is reduced to a number and then limits/goals set, maybe never written down but everyone knows them.

The gub'mint, more than any other entity is metric driven NOT result driven

29 posted on 10/07/2015 3:30:26 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: ken5050
He has NO business applying to all seven Ivy League schools

But this one applied to all eight Ivy League schools, and was accepted by all.

Hmmm... what is different?

30 posted on 10/07/2015 4:05:13 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: MadIsh32

It was Mr Wang’s white privilege that did him in.


31 posted on 10/07/2015 4:09:50 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: MadIsh32

Take your talents to a non-Ivy and make that school better. Eventually the Ivies will be known for their 3rd rate, afirmative action products who can’t actually do anything.


32 posted on 10/07/2015 4:19:15 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Oh, and stop voting ‘Rat. They’re the ones who put you in this position.


33 posted on 10/07/2015 4:20:05 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: MadIsh32

You vote for Communism, you get Communism.


34 posted on 10/07/2015 4:23:49 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: 17th Miss Regt

the idiot wanted an Obama world, now he’s dealing with the reality of a world created by the likes of Obama.


35 posted on 10/08/2015 3:32:17 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Grimmy

Schadenfreude!


36 posted on 10/08/2015 3:47:08 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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