Colleges Resist Asian American’s Success

By Tim | Friday, April 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

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A new opinion piece by Jonathan Zimmerman in the Philadelphia Inquirer compares today’s discrimination against Asian Americans in college admissions and hiring for college presidential positions with that of Jews in the early 20th century. Some of the statistics are remarkably similar.

Like Jews in the 1960s, they [Asian Americans] hold just 1 percent of higher-education presidencies.

Zimmerman continues on to describe the similarities in admissions discrimination between Jews and Asians, and concludes with:

Beneath all the rhetoric, we’re simply afraid of a minority that has done too well. That’s why Jews were so threatening for so many years, and why Asians are now. Shame on us for making the same mistake twice.

It’s interesting to see a non-Asian stick up for Asian American rights, especially in the hotly debated issue of admission discrimination in colleges and universities.

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Ahmed-Sanchez-De-La-Cruz-Kim/58700922 Ahmed Sanchez De La Cruz Kim

No matter how many non-Asians in Academia or the “system” are uncomfortable or don’t want too many Asians in their path, there are just as many non-Asians who will support us.

Eventually, things will settle and Asians won’t have to judge on a different scale. However, in the meantime, Asians prospective students and families should keep up the hard work, cause like after being admitted and after school, the values and habits that helped them succeed to that point will be helpful in many areas of life.
Andrew Hvatum

Time to end all affirmative action program and quota systems in admissions, there’s no other conclusion. Offer scholarships so people of any income can afford to go if qualified, but stop trying to engineer equality among “races”, it just results in unfair and messed up consequences like this.

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