California Poised to Restore Affirmative Action After Nearly 25 Years
Nearly 25 years ago, California voters passed Proposition 209, a state constitutional amendment that barred public institutions (such as public…
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Cristina Garcia, Asians, and Affirmative Action: What It Means to Me
By Guest Contributor: Nicole Gon Ochi, Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) Last month, reports surfaced that California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia,…
From Self-Interest to Collective Morality: How We Must Reframe the Discussion on Affirmative Action in the Asian American Community
By Guest Contributor: Felix Huang (@Brkn_Yllw_Lns) When the matter comes under contest, affirmative action’s Asian American advocates readily point to…
California’s Proposed Bill to Disaggregate AAPI Data Significantly Weakened in New Amendments
After months of increasingly vitriolic debate that divided the AAPI community, California Assembly Bill 1726 (AB1726) was significantly amended on…
135+ AANHPI Organizations Come Together In Support of Affirmative Action | #Edu4All
Last year, California was poised to return affirmative action to the state’s institutions of higher education via a state constitutional amendment…
Most AAPI actually DON’T think affirmative action hurts us in college admissions | #BlockBlum #IAmNotYourWedge
This is perhaps the most exciting and satisfying report of negative data I have ever read. Opponents have long argued…
Filipinos are underrepresented at most selective of UC campuses | #BlockBlum #IAmNotYourWedge
The question of how Asian Americans are impacted by affirmative action was a major topic of discussion earlier this year…
#IAmNotYourWedge: Lawsuits against Harvard & UNC assert anti-Asian discrimination in admissions
On Monday, a newly formed group called Students for Fair Admissions which was created by Edward Blum — a Republican…
#Election2014: A Mostly Disappointing Night for Asian American & Pacific Islander Politicos
2014 was a record-breaking year for Asian American and Pacific Islander political candidates: this year, 39 AAPI candidates launched a campaign…
Asian Americans would not lose out under affirmative action
Last week, I reported about an updated survey jointly conducted by the National Asian American Survey (NAAS) and the Field…
Majority of AAPI voters in CA support affirmative action — so, who are the ones that don’t?
I was having dinner earlier this week with a member of my extended family when the topic of race-conscious affirmative…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 1 | Affirmative Action
Yep – I started a podcast! I had been toying with this idea for awhile (nearly a year, actually), because…