Showing posts with label Asian Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asian Americans. Show all posts
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Kenny Xu, An Inconvenient Minority

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At Amazon, Kenny Xu, An Inconvenient Minority: The Ivy League Admissions Cases and the Attack on Asian American Excellence . 
Friday, July 23, 2021

Kenny Xu Interviewed

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Don't miss his new book, An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy . At Fox News:
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Shades of Blue

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From Thomas Chatterton Williams, a fellow I read from time to time at the Old Gray Lady, who hits the nail on the head here like Thor smashi...
Sunday, March 21, 2021

Tammy Duckworth Blames Trump for Border Crisis, and Margaret Brennan Botches Follow-Up on Recent Attacks on Asian-Americans (VIDEO)

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You know, I actually think Tammy Duckworth's a freakin' patriot. She lost both legs after her Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter w...
Friday, March 19, 2021

San Francisco Asian Woman Who Fought Back Now Has 'GoFundMe' Campaign Closing-In on $1 Million (VIDEO)

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It's been a big day, again, with work and family stuff, so blogging has been light. But I did see the story earlier this morning, on &qu...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Now That's What I'm Talkin' About! 75-Year-Old San Francisco Woman Beats and Bloodies Her Anti-Asian Attacker! (VIDEO)

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Now this is some story! And it's interesting, because, if you think about it, it doesn't follow the script regarding recent attacks ...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Neighbors Step-Up Support of Asian American Family in Ladera Ranch (VIDEO)

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Following-up from yesterday, " Neighbors Stand Guard as Gangs of 'Youth Thugs' Racially Harass and Threaten Chinese Immigrant F...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Neighbors Stand Guard as Gangs of 'Youth Thugs' Racially Harass and Threaten Chinese Immigrant Family

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Now this is an interesting story. Keep in mind that I live in Irvine, well north of Ladera Ranch (in south O.C.), and I've long joked (i...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

For 'Woke' Progressives, Asian-American Achievement is An Embarrassment

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It's Bill McGurn, at WSJ, " The Woke ‘Model Minority’ Myth ": The North Thurston Public Schools in Lacey, Wash., made headline...
Thursday, November 8, 2018

Getting Into Harvard

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At NYT, " Getting Into Harvard Is Hard. Here Are 4 Ways Applicants Get an Edge ": A federal case against Harvard has brought t...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Harvard Rated Asian-Americans Lower

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I'm discussing civil rights in my American government classes this week, and I want to read and blog this blockbuster piece that was at ...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

John Yoo: Asian Americans Should Bail on the Democrats

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I met John Yoo in 2011, at the David Horowitz Freedom Center's West Coast Retreat. And here he is, at LAT, " Asian Americans need...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Orange County Faces Legal Threat Over Anti-Camping Laws

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I've been blogging on homelessness quite a bit, mainly because I'm moved by the plight of the homeless and I'm flummoxed by the ...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Unsettling Truth About Affirmative Action

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From Professor Jeannie Suk, at the New Yorker, " The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans ": The app...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Graduation Rates Rise, But Fewer Students Ready for College-Level Academic Work

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The story's out of Greenville, S.C., so you can guess the race of the students who're graduating underprepared. At the New York Ti...

'Whole Child' Approach to Learning Divides Families in New Jersey School District

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The "whole child" approach is a way to reduce standards, which would help some students be less stressed and more successful. Inte...
Monday, October 5, 2015

Discrimination Against Asian-Americans in College Admissions

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It's not a new problem, but as we get even more diverse, especially with Chinese immigrants emerging as the fastest growing immigrant gr...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Asians to Be Top Immigrant Group by 2065

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Look, we've had a huge surge of immigration over the last two decades, at least. It doesn't bother me, as long as people come legall...
Monday, March 2, 2015

Why Do Leftists Hate Asian-Americans?

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Well, I posted on this last week or so, " Leftist Racial Bias Against Asian-Americans in College Admissions ." And now here come...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Leftist Racial Bias Against Asian-Americans in College Admissions

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At LAT, " For Asian Americans, a changing landscape on college admissions ": In a windowless classroom at an Arcadia tutoring ce...