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With the MSM further race-baiting this country over the GZ verdict and the various affirmative action cases seeing the light, I'd like to approach the issue in a different way. I would argue that Asians face an enormous amount of discrimination, even from a pure formulaic standpoint.
For example, look at the Asian population. Chinese workers brought over in the 1800's to work on the railroads worked in highly volatile, unsafe environments where the death rate was extremely high. The only reason Asians were allowed to stay here legally was because in the early 20th century an immigration center burned down, along with all its papers. Asians faced very similar discrimination in the first half of the 20th century, opting for the low-income areas of China town. Additionally, many Asians have to overcome a language barrier. Why are Asians not treated in the same way as African Americans?
Affirmative action is supposed to make up for the concept of "white privilege" that exists only to caucasians. My question is if this were the case, why wouldn't AA exist for ALL non-whites? If we are targeting fairness, and the premise is that the system is "unfair" because whites get implicit advantages inherent to race, then why does race always come down to the Black/White issue instead of White/non-white? In other words, how come an Asian scoring a 2250 on his SATs will have the same chance as an African American scoring 1800 when it comes to getting into elite colleges? Is there some kind of "Asian privilege" that I am unaware of?
How come Marion Barry is allowed to outright say he wants to get rid of "dirty Asian businesses" so that upstanding African American citizens can run better businesses, but had the roles been flipped, we'd be in another media frenzy?
Does this rub any liberal the wrong way?
For example, look at the Asian population. Chinese workers brought over in the 1800's to work on the railroads worked in highly volatile, unsafe environments where the death rate was extremely high. The only reason Asians were allowed to stay here legally was because in the early 20th century an immigration center burned down, along with all its papers. Asians faced very similar discrimination in the first half of the 20th century, opting for the low-income areas of China town. Additionally, many Asians have to overcome a language barrier. Why are Asians not treated in the same way as African Americans?
Affirmative action is supposed to make up for the concept of "white privilege" that exists only to caucasians. My question is if this were the case, why wouldn't AA exist for ALL non-whites? If we are targeting fairness, and the premise is that the system is "unfair" because whites get implicit advantages inherent to race, then why does race always come down to the Black/White issue instead of White/non-white? In other words, how come an Asian scoring a 2250 on his SATs will have the same chance as an African American scoring 1800 when it comes to getting into elite colleges? Is there some kind of "Asian privilege" that I am unaware of?
How come Marion Barry is allowed to outright say he wants to get rid of "dirty Asian businesses" so that upstanding African American citizens can run better businesses, but had the roles been flipped, we'd be in another media frenzy?
Does this rub any liberal the wrong way?