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I've read too many stereotypical comments today on this topic that I'm just going to unload my thoughts. If you want to argue that racial diversity is importan
by yosho 15y ago
I've read too many stereotypical comments today on this topic that I'm just going to unload my thoughts.
If you want to argue that racial diversity is important for your 'elite' universities, that's fine. I can't argue with that since it's really a matter of opinion.
However, if you argue that Asians as a group do not have leadership qualities, diverse extracurriculars, or do anything besides study, you're really just promoting more stereotypical views towards Asians.
I'm Asian, I want to an Ivy League. I played football and basketball in high school. I also took Piano, scored a 1500+/1600 on SATs, and I love snowboarding, riding my motorcycle, and skeet shooting. So I don't believe I fall into any single category.
Yes there are many Asians who study a tremendous amount who love badminton, there are also plenty who enjoy football, snowboarding, and other, more strenuous activities. I'm also sure plenty of you here would be categorically "Asian" purely based off your interests and habits. By saying that colleges refute Asians due to their strong focus on academics is really missing the issue. We're not all the same despite what the Tiger Moms out there would suggest. And I strongly do support a blind college admissions process where race, sex, religion, income, etc wasn't a factor.
- jaems33 15y agoRe: Leadership Qualities It strikes me as odd that so many high level tech execs/founders in SV aren't Asian, if only because so many engineers I've met are. I just assumed that with the % who get into great American schools (especially in CA), there'd be more Asian entrepreneurs/business leaders. Then again, I could be overestimating the number of Asian's seeing as how it's less than 10% of the U.S. demographic.
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- ww520 15y agoAsian demographic is 4.7% of U.S. population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Stat...
- voodoomagicman 15y agoThis could be due to a perceived lack of leadership qualities as much as a real one.
- rayiner 15y agoI mean, that's a self-reinforcing situation.
- learc83 15y agoThere was an article here a few months ago by an Asian engineer about this topic. His theory was that Asian culture doesn't encourage one to be talkative when interacting with superiors--the Asian in the meeting is more likely to stay quiet and thus is overlooked by his superiors.
- stoolpigeon 15y agoIt all comes down to whether or not schools should manage the racial make-up of their students. The administrations of the schools obviously want them to do so. The Obama administration has made it clear that they want the schools to do so. I'm not sure how there can even be an investigation. Trying to discuss the merits of any race is completely missing the point. The only question that matters is, "Should schools be able to enforce diversity in their selection process?"
- liquidityprov 15y agoHow'd you do so well on the English section?