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The End of Affirmative Action Won't Change Much for Them, Some Asian Americans Say
MSN ^ | 6/29 | Jeong Park, Milla Surjadi

Posted on 06/30/2023 1:58:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Cecilia Chang bluntly told her two kids: You have to try harder because of who you are. She believed that admission to elite colleges was stacked against Asian Americans — “You’re competing for a very little number of seats with all these qualified Asian kids," she said.

Still, she doesn't think the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling doing away with affirmation action will change much. She supports college officials trying to bring in students from "all walks of life," and she thinks they will find a way to achieve the racial diversity they're looking for. “It doesn’t mean s— to us,” said Chang, who runs a disability-related nonprofit and came to the U.S. from South Korea when she was 13. “I don’t think it’s going to tilt in any one way or the other.”

But like Chang, some Asian Americans believe college officials will find ways to get around the ban and ensure they admit enough underrepresented students, including those in the Black and Latino communities.

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To: Gene Eric

Keep your children away from the Ivy League elites. It is poison for their immortal soul.


21 posted on 06/30/2023 3:49:30 PM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Stravinsky

“ So they interviewed a foul-mouthed activist and we are supposed to be surprised they support the universities going around the law?”

You noticed that, too.

Good post.


22 posted on 06/30/2023 6:23:16 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Because DEI has taken its place


23 posted on 07/01/2023 2:23:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: nickcarraway

The Asian-American demo votes Democrat over Republican 94:6. They get what they deserver.


24 posted on 07/01/2023 3:02:25 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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