Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf]
Here&#x27;s what annoys me. This analysis is showing that race-based factors are being factored into &quot;personal ratings&quot; and in how rec letters are being interpreted etc. Just make there be an overall admission penalty for being Asian and release the exact level of that barrier like they do for med school admissions. You can see for med schools exactly what the average GPA and MCATs needed are for white, black, Asian, Latino, etc. Stop trying to hide it in obviously discriminatory ways like lowering people&#x27;s personal ratings. Just make an affirmative action penalty without perpetuating stereotypes about Asian American applicants being math-loving robots with no other well-rounded characteristics.<p>What annoys me even more frankly is that the burden for fixing centuries of institutional racism and discrimination apparently needs to be born by hardworking immigrants and children of immigrants, not the people that most directly benefitted from generations of injust social structures. Legacies are OK, and the percentage of students at ivy league schools from the top 1% can be sky-high, so rich wealthy white students with connections and successful parents don&#x27;t have to sacrifice anything. Legacy admissions, a structure explicitly created by many schools to keep out Jewish students[0], is OK because &quot;school spirit&quot; and increased donations. People that benefit from generations of inequity totally deserve their spots at these schools. However, the hardworking student who&#x27;s a child of immigrant parents, without connections or networks, parents working in everything from laundromats to tech jobs building generational wealth from the ground up? Students who studied hard to get good grades and do everything the admissions officers could want? No, they have to sacrifice their admissions to fix the legacy of slavery. They have to pay the price and are discriminated against compared to white folk. What a brilliant way to breed lateral violence between minorities and create a system that continues to perpetuate classism and racism while pretending that keeping out a deserving Asian student in favor of a rich white student is helping a disadvantaged black student.<p>[0]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;legacy-admissions-originally-created-keep-jewish-students-out-elite-colleges-2013-10" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;legacy-admissions-originally...</a>