Nov. 1, 2022, 9:42 PM UTCAs the Supreme Court weighs two high-profile cases challenging affirmative action, a vocal minority of Asian Americans continues to impact public debate.support affirmative action, factors like pressurized school systems in Asia, the immigrant condition and a lack of firsthand knowledge of U.S.’s racial history fuel the opposition, experts said.
Jinxia Niu, the program manager of the Chinese digital engagement initiative at nonprofit Chinese for Affirmative Action, similarly said that many of these immigrants already obtained college degrees in their home country. This means that they haven’t necessarily had to navigate the undergraduate experience in the U.S. as a minority. This also means that they themselves haven’t experienced the benefits of affirmative action or education equity policies, Niu said.
Coupled with anxiety over class mobility and the experience of immigration, Poon said many Chinese American opponents she’s spoken to see the admissions process as another example of how they are being overlooked in the country. Niu agreed, saying that because many Chinese immigrants represent the majority in their home country, there’s little prior experience with racism, nor is there widespread education around racial literacy and civil rights in the U.S. Many are also unaware of the contributions of other marginalized groups, and how others have helped Asian Americans.
Warikoo said that, above all, parents she spoke to for her book were most concerned with whether there’s anti-Asian discrimination in the admissions process. But to her, that’s a separate issue from race-conscious admissions. Getting rid of affirmative action isn’t going to ensure that admissions officers, guidance counselors and others are suddenly stripped of their implicit bias, she said.
You are quoting the result of a survey done by Asian American Advancing Justice, an organization that filed a amicus brief with the SCOTUS in support of Harvard.
rolandsmartin Agreed
rolandsmartin Why not focus on the 70%? And let's be honest that 30% probably think they're on par with white people or are the type who have fooled themselves into believing the lie about people doing it all on their own.
Where and how was this polling done? I am Asian and there is no way in hell that I would agree with affirmative action. Did you go to some kind Asian masochist club and polled there? Because then I would understand why they would want to be rode hard and put away wet.
NBC is just making things up.
Define 'Asian'.
bluechecks will pay because they're narcissists
Explain how affirmative action is not institutionalized racism.
Bigoted article
Bullshit poll
What a bunch of nonsense. Giving preference based on race is racist.
the 30% opposition? what kind of twisted fucked up english is this tweet structure?
Bullshit!
Yeah you guys dizzy... spinning quite a bit 🤡🤡
That darn 30%…that’s not a totally made up number!
“70% of Asian Americans support affirmative action. Let’s talk about the 30%.” Finding 70% support for anything in America is amazing.
Or maybe it’s colleges and universities actively penalizing applicants for being Asian? Just spit balling here…
because if you don't believe that racism solves racism then it's because YOU don't understand.