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Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf]

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376 points undefined1 | 1 comments | 25 Apr 20 00:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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slowdog ◴[25 Apr 20 03:50 UTC] No.22975385[source]▶
Part of the problem is Asians don’t vote as a block, so who will protect them? If for a group of people, votes are split, who will look out for their needs?
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SpicyLemonZest ◴[25 Apr 20 04:11 UTC] No.22975490[source]▶
Demanding that people sort themselves into race-exclusive voting blocks doesn't seem like an effective way to fight racism.
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slowdog ◴[25 Apr 20 04:25 UTC] No.22975556[source]▶
Not sure how I’m demanding, just pointing out some differences between how different groups tackle this
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1. SpicyLemonZest ◴[25 Apr 20 04:38 UTC] No.22975606[source]▶
Encouraging, then. Putting aside the toxicity of it, it's just not a helpful strategy for this kind of discrimination. If we push for fair treatment on an individual level, we hopefully can get it. If we push for fair treatment of Asian Americans as some monolithic bloc, people are going to compare 6% of the general population to 20% of the Harvard class, and they're not going to see what the issue is.