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If and when you have 15 yo children applying to college, you'll understand this well. If you are Asian, you really understand it -- Ignoring justifiable attemp

If and when you have 15 yo children applying to college, you'll understand this well. If you are Asian, you really understand it -- Ignoring justifiable attempts to increase diversity on campus, Asians find that being Asian American immediately docs points off as compared to White students. Of course I want to find the bit of white in me via DNA tests, so my child can get into a great school with, say, 2200 SATs (standard) vs the 2300 they would require as Asians.

JPKab 5y ago
My wife's parents came to the United States from the Philippines. It's a very odd twist that our mixed-race children will benefit on their college admissions forms by checking the box for white. Completely unfair. I would vastly prefer to walk into any college campus in the United States and be vastly outnumbered by Asians who earned the privilege to be there than to see them be more representative of the population as a whole by changing the standards for different groups.
boomboomsubban 5y ago
The expected result from what you're describing is people claiming that they aren't Asian, but the article discusses more people claiming that they are multiracial.
dukeofdoom 5y ago
Claiming or being Jewish would be the most advantageous to get into a top school. Way overrepresented ethnic group even accounting for higher IQ distribution.
- throwawaytruth1 5y ago
  What's even more disturbing is the fact that a lot of the justification of discrimination against asians, requiring higher test scores etc. is from none other than Ashkenazi Jews. Imagine the outcry if they were limited to be closer to their population percentage. If people actually cared about racism and being logically consistent, their first concern should be this massive overrepresentation of Jews. They don't.

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If and when you have 15 yo children applying to college, you'll understand this well. If you are Asian, you really understand it -- Ignoring justifiable attemp

by lukesky3 5y ago

JPKab 5y ago
My wife's parents came to the United States from the Philippines. It's a very odd twist that our mixed-race children will benefit on their college admissions forms by checking the box for white. Completely unfair. I would vastly prefer to walk into any college campus in the United States and be vastly outnumbered by Asians who earned the privilege to be there than to see them be more representative of the population as a whole by changing the standards for different groups.
boomboomsubban 5y ago
The expected result from what you're describing is people claiming that they aren't Asian, but the article discusses more people claiming that they are multiracial.
dukeofdoom 5y ago
Claiming or being Jewish would be the most advantageous to get into a top school. Way overrepresented ethnic group even accounting for higher IQ distribution.
- throwawaytruth1 5y ago
  What's even more disturbing is the fact that a lot of the justification of discrimination against asians, requiring higher test scores etc. is from none other than Ashkenazi Jews. Imagine the outcry if they were limited to be closer to their population percentage. If people actually cared about racism and being logically consistent, their first concern should be this massive overrepresentation of Jews. They don't.