Sunday 23rd July 2017,
Documents made public by Buzzfeed through the Freedom of Information Act may give a boost to the argument that Asian Americans face discrimination in admissions.
The documents reveal comments made by admissions officers on applications to Princeton from Asian American applicants.
Common comments included “very familiar profiles,” “standard premeds,” or “difficult to pluck out.”
The … Read more
University of Texas at Austin
By Ed Diokno
It would be easy to describe the year as an awful year with the highlight – or, lowlight, depending on your point of view – being the election of Donald Trump.
But something was happening among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that might make 2016 a year to relish. The … Read more
Jason Fong at a news conference to speak out in favor of affirmative action
Two Asian American students have joined Harvard in its effort to defend the schools affirmative action program for underrepresented students.
Both students are from Southern California and are current applicants to Harvard.
“Asian students and other students of color have to … Read more
The latest in a seemingly never ending barrage of anti-affirmative action lawsuits has been filed by Edward Blum and his group Students for Fair Admissions, reports the Daily Princetonian.
The group is challenging the results of a federal investigation that determined there was no evidence that Princeton engaged in racial discrimination in it admissions … Read more
By HBS1908 – Wikimedia Commons.
Harvard University is reluctantly turning over records of thousands of rejected applicants in a case filed by a group alleging discrimination against Asian Americans, reports Harvard Magazine.
Students whose records will be turned over will be receiving notices from the campus informing them of their options if they object … Read more
By Ed Diokno
It was an unusual Presidential debate – to say the least – between Sec. Hillary Clinton and real estate magnate Donald Trump.
Early polls taken immediately after the debate at Hofstra University, showed that the Democratic candidate crushed the GOP presidential bet. It was clear that Clinton was better prepared and Trump’s … Read more
An anti-affirmative action group has won a court order mandating that Harvard release six years of data from its admissions process, reports the Harvard Crimson.
The ruling requested by Students for Fair Admissions stems from a 2014 lawsuit accusing Harvard of discriminating against Asian Americans through a quota system.
The data will include admissions application … Read more
By Ed Diokno
By Ed Diokno
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Fashion Spread Accused of Using Racist Imagery 
Chasing Lovely – Two Hapa Girls Sing about Things We Don’t Talk About 
Several Asian Americans to Star in Marvel’s Inhumans 
Michael S. Teruya said:
RE:Chasing Lovely: Two Hapa Girls Sing about Things We Don't Talk About: Hey, not all Asian-Americans are able to lead the fi ...
The other said:
RE: Mea Culpa: Article by Asian American White supremacist Likely Fabricated: Yeah, the article hit every anti AW talking poi ...
Richard Chen said:
RE: Mea Culpa: Article by Asian American White Supremacist likely Fabricated: Excellent journalistic credibility here so than ...
doug chang said:
RE:Fashion spread accused of using Racist imagery: **has Asian sellout wife** ...
Joe said:
RE: Of course, his wife is Asian and thinks it's okay, so that must mean all Asians should be ok with it. ...
pck01 said:
RE: Fashion spread accused of using racist imagery: After reading the response from Billy Kid Studio lemme just say this: Wow ...
Misa Sugiura said:
RE: #WeNeedDiverseBooks-Asian Representation Needed Between the Pages of a Book: also (how could I forget?)
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Misa Sugiura said:
RE: #WeNeedDiverseBooks-Asian Representation Needed between the Pages of a Book: Thank you for a great post! You speak the tr ...