Comments on: CNN: American Morning: Cost of Diversity [for Asian-Americans] http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/16/cnn-american-morning-cost-of-diversity-for-asian-americans/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:53:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: James http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/16/cnn-american-morning-cost-of-diversity-for-asian-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-11028 James Thu, 17 May 2007 14:30:36 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/16/cnn-american-morning-cost-of-diversity-for-asian-americans/#comment-11028 This is a very tough issue to address because it has so many factors involved. I remember when I applied to the University of Michigan for undergrad back when they had a points system that included minority bonus points (which did not award Asians) and felt slighted when I was rejected because I felt like my application was strong. One year later, the Supreme Court ruled the Michigan undergrad admissions system as unconstitutional. I, myself, lived in Florida where affirmative action was removed when Jeb Bush took office as governor and instituted the "talented twenty" rule which awarded top academic 20% of high school students admissions to state universities. Since 1999 (the first year of this intitiative), the percentage of Hispanic and African American enrollment has decreased. I am of the ilk that affirmative action is not the way to address under representation of certain minorities. I also believe that 2nd and 3rd generation Asian-Americans will not make up as much of the academic elite that it has in the past (my theory is that the cultural values of immigrant Asians into the US are stricter and tougher). But there is a clear problem in education and especially inner city education as well as differing cultural values though I sometimes feel like laws are not the way to approach them. This is a very tough issue to address because it has so many factors involved. I remember when I applied to the University of Michigan for undergrad back when they had a points system that included minority bonus points (which did not award Asians) and felt slighted when I was rejected because I felt like my application was strong. One year later, the Supreme Court ruled the Michigan undergrad admissions system as unconstitutional.

I, myself, lived in Florida where affirmative action was removed when Jeb Bush took office as governor and instituted the “talented twenty” rule which awarded top academic 20% of high school students admissions to state universities. Since 1999 (the first year of this intitiative), the percentage of Hispanic and African American enrollment has decreased.

I am of the ilk that affirmative action is not the way to address under representation of certain minorities. I also believe that 2nd and 3rd generation Asian-Americans will not make up as much of the academic elite that it has in the past (my theory is that the cultural values of immigrant Asians into the US are stricter and tougher). But there is a clear problem in education and especially inner city education as well as differing cultural values though I sometimes feel like laws are not the way to approach them.

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