…Native Hawaiians, or enrolled members of a Federally or State recognized Indian Tribe); Asian Pacific Americans (persons with origins from Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China (including Hong…
…a quota and money, the status of Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander Serving Institution. For this so-called AANAPISI status, the quota is only 10 percent. UNR does not…
…policies in college admissions. As the data have been released, the picture is mixed. Some schools have seen the expected results: a larger proportion of Asian and white incoming students,…
…in modern, politically correct clothing that ignores the arts. Acceptance of Dick-Read’s paradigm could also fuel nefarious, pre-WWII Japanese-like ideas of the “superiority of Asian civilization.” Given the economic rise…
…playing fast and loose with standardized test scores as part of a stealth program of reverse discrimination. Statistically, Asian applicants score higher on the SAT than do white applicants, who…
…MTC’s style, it is crossposted here with permission. For nearly five decades, American universities systematically discriminated against white and Asian Americans. Quotas, “holistic review processes,” and “factors” were used to…
…Asian Americans—are being excluded in favor of blacks under the guise of DEI. In some cases, even, as underscored by actions such as the promotion of the “black national anthem,”…
…Probably at least partly due to these developments, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) testing data show that U.S. students generally rank below several Asian and European countries in…
…black, 73 percent white, 70 percent Hispanic, and 64 percent were Asian American and Pacific Islanders. At its “second annual State of Equity in America forum,” U.S. News & World…
…not declarations. I scanned the 2024 scholars and came across the following individuals: a staffer for Congressman Adam Schiff; an advocate for “Black and Asian solidarity;” someone “spearheading an initiative…
…at educational achievement and income levels among American households, we find that Asian Americans are at the top, followed by whites, Hispanics, and then blacks. Looking at the rates of…
…vetted the selection. All eligible students are excellent and high-performing, but, likely, the final selection of a female South Asian engineering student who is also an observant Muslim involved a…
…remedial classes targeting black and Hispanic students when no such classes are necessary for Asian students who often come from impoverished non-English speaking immigrant families? Why have so many professors…
…a slew of crude data on housing disparities in the San Diego area. Accordingly, Asian and white households are overrepresented by 15 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively, while “Black and…
…The African American Student Development Program gives free support to black students. There are similar, but separate, programs for students who are Asian, Pacific American, “Chicanx,” “Latinx,” and Native American….
…one style, and the old one has been rejected as sexist. This one-size-fits-all philosophy pervades our society. Should we substitute “Asian” for “Oriental” according to wokesters? Yes, of course, and…
…considered here, students identifying as Asian—or Asian-American/Pacific Islander in 2003—White, and Two or More Races—in 2013 and 2023—scored as much as 24 percent higher than their cohort’s overall average. In…
…students, 63 percent of Asian students, and 51 percent of White students were somewhat worried about their reputations being damaged because someone misunderstood something they expressed. In addition, 35 percent…
…Christians, Jews, and Asians are oppressors, while BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color [except Asians], females, LGBTQ2S++, the otherwise abled, the poor [except poor whites, Christians, Asians, and Jews], and…
“You don’t look Asian because your eyes are round instead of oval.” “She’s the most pregnant woman I’ve ever seen.” “Prospective law students prefer to see young faculty faces rather…
…BDS, groups endorsing it included the “Asian Political Collective,” the “Chicanx Caucus,” the “Columbia Divest for Climate Justice,” and the “Barnard Columbia Socialists.” When Columbia University announced plans to open…
…an applicant’s account of overcoming prejudice when she transferred to a rural high school where she was the only student of South Asian descent. An institution could likewise consider a…
…the American Anthropological Association’s members adopted the same stance as MESA while endorsing BDS. The American Studies Association, along with the Association for Asian American Studies, the Critical Ethnic Studies…
…the emptiness of the diversity mantra. Harvard, for example, feared that “too many dull, laconic Asians” might impede vigorous class discussions. Will adding a handful of talkative, opinionated gays “correct”…
…performed an inestimable service for applicants for college admission of all races, not just Asian-American applicants, whom these preferences have harmed more egregiously than any others. More broadly, the court’s…
…on anti-black racism, perhaps because Asian Americans have, in fact, surpassed whites by most socioeconomic metrics in recent decades. The report does not speculate on the relative success of Asians…
…communities in California.” This flawed logic—mistaking correlation for causation—once again defies nuanced realities. Wealth gaps and income inequality cannot be explained squarely by racial inequity, provided that Americans of Asian…
…During the nineteenth century the settling of the Americas and the European colonization of Asia and Africa brought Europeans face to face with non-literate tribal peoples and literate Asian agrarian…
…selection were challenged by Asian-American parents and groups in the courts. The proposed reform in Lowell was thwarted by a school board recall election in 2022. Alameda County, meanwhile, has…
…Samuel Morton, who compared the brain volumes of European, Asian and African skulls, finding that African brains were smaller than Asian and European. Gould, in Mismeasure, disputed that also, suggesting…