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Category: Affirmative Action

Asian Americans must reckon with how the fight to remove affirmative action is rooted in anti-Blackness
Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

Asian Americans must reckon with how the fight to remove affirmative action is rooted in anti-Blackness

Guest ContributorJuly 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Asian Americans must reckon with the fact that this latest blow of injustice was made in our name. Again.

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I’m a Southeast Asian American educator. My community will not be weaponized against affirmative action.
Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

I’m a Southeast Asian American educator. My community will not be weaponized against affirmative action.

Guest ContributorJune 15, 2023June 15, 2023

I am from district Nha Be in Vietnam, just a bit outside of Saigon.  I immigrated to Minnesota with my…

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California Poised to Restore Affirmative Action After Nearly 25 Years
Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

California Poised to Restore Affirmative Action After Nearly 25 Years

JennJune 11, 2020November 2, 2020

Nearly 25 years ago, California voters passed Proposition 209, a state constitutional amendment that barred public institutions (such as public…

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BREAKING: California Legislators Introduce Bill to Reinstate Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity For All
Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

BREAKING: California Legislators Introduce Bill to Reinstate Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity For All

JennMarch 10, 2020March 10, 2020

Nearly 25 years after ballot measure Proposition 209 ended race- and gender-conscious affirmative action in the state of California, several…

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Reconnecting Heart and Head: Racism, Immigration Policy, WeChat, and Chinese Americans
Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

Reconnecting Heart and Head: Racism, Immigration Policy, WeChat, and Chinese Americans

Guest ContributorMay 24, 2018June 9, 2023

By: OiYan Poon Smirking when I asked if he had any questions before I turned on my recorder for our…

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Cristina Garcia, Asians, and Affirmative Action: What It Means to Me
Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

Cristina Garcia, Asians, and Affirmative Action: What It Means to Me

Guest ContributorMay 15, 2018June 9, 2023

By Guest Contributor: Nicole Gon Ochi, Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) Last month, reports surfaced that California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia,…

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Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Department of Justice Demands Harvard Admissions Records in Affirmative Action Investigation

JennNovember 25, 2017

Spurred by a complaint lodged by conservative anti-affirmative action Asian American groups, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into…

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Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

#NotYourWedge Twitter Townhall Features Asian American Panelists in Support of Affirmative Action

JennAugust 9, 2017August 9, 2017

Earlier today, Asian American scholars and activists organized a Twitter townhall to discuss affirmative action on the hashtag #NotYourWedge.  The…

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Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (#AAPI) Writing in Support of Affirmative Action | #NotYourWedge #AAPIforAffAction

JennAugust 6, 2017August 9, 2017

This post was first published in November 2014. However, with resurgent interest in affirmative action and the Asian American &…

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Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

BREAKING: Asian American Students File to Join Harvard Lawsuit and Defend Affirmative Action

JennDecember 13, 2016December 13, 2016

Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) held a press conference moments ago to announce that lawyers with the group will represent two…

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Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

To Build a Name Brand of Chinese Americans

Guest ContributorSeptember 15, 2016June 9, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is an English-language translation of a Chinese-language essay that was widely circulated through predominantly Chinese-language social…

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Affirmative ActionAsian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Files Another Complaint — This Time Against Cornell and Columbia

JennAugust 25, 2016September 10, 2016

Yesterday, guest writer Felix Huang (@Brkn_Yllw_Lns) wrote an incredible essay for this blog suggesting that in talking to Chinese American…

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