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Cheng's financial support of the racist Abigail Fisher case is exactly why I won't shop with Newegg.
by BossHogg 10y ago
Cheng's financial support of the racist Abigail Fisher case is exactly why I won't shop with Newegg.
- nkurz 10y agoI'd forgotten about his role in that case. It makes me admire him even more for standing by his principles that racial origin should not be a factor in determining college admissions. Does his argument that Asian Americans should not be discriminated against by state universities also bother you? Here's more background on the case: https://www.propublica.org/article/a-colorblind-constitution-what-abigail-fishers-affirmative-action-case-is-r https://www.propublica.org/article/a-colorblind-constitution... And here are the two amici that Cheng co-authored: http://www.asianamericanlegal.com/images/AALFAmicusBriefs/AALF-FisherI-Amicus.pdf http://www.asianamericanlegal.com/images/AALFAmicusBriefs/AA... http://asianamericanforeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Fisher_II_Amicus.pdf http://asianamericanforeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015...
- jshevek 10y ago> The group meticulously selected the people who would elicit both sympathy and outrage, who were pristine in form and character. This is an excellent strategy, a unifying strategy, and one that seems lacking in today's social media driven activism.