tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post115608747369422365..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Invisible AsiansSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1157650607333563752006-09-07T13:36:00.000-04:002006-09-07T13:36:00.000-04:00What I don't get in why Asians increasingly vote D...What I don't get in why Asians increasingly vote Democrat, when clearly the policies are stabbing them in the back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1156289956686644632006-08-22T19:39:00.000-04:002006-08-22T19:39:00.000-04:00Alex,I don't know specifically about NYC schools. ...Alex,<BR/><BR/>I don't know specifically about NYC schools. I have friends who went to Lowell in SF (also a magnet school, requiring admission by exam, and where Asian parents had to sue to overturn a quota system in favor of a rigorous testing system), and yes there were a lot of first generation Asians there of modest means.<BR/><BR/>SteveSteve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1156287706524875262006-08-22T19:01:00.000-04:002006-08-22T19:01:00.000-04:00Of course, the charts you present clearly show tha...Of course, the charts you present clearly show that Asian-Americans are *not* a minority group, at least at New York's elite high schools in the most recent school year.... It's white students who are in the minority, and their numbers are declining too, as the graphic shows. :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm curious as to your source for your statement in the comments about the socioeconomic status of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1156200794116470592006-08-21T18:53:00.000-04:002006-08-21T18:53:00.000-04:00It's worth remembering that the modern Ivy-league ...It's worth remembering that the modern Ivy-league type admissions policies first arose in the 1920's as a means of keeping those genteel institutions from becoming overly jewish. <BR/><BR/>One of the things I admired about Caltech admissions is that they didn't care whether I was on the soccer team or ran for student body president or travelled to Europe my junior year. Even MIT seemed overly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1156182972756628752006-08-21T13:56:00.000-04:002006-08-21T13:56:00.000-04:00You may be right -- I only saw the Web version.But...You may be right -- I only saw the Web version.<BR/><BR/>But think about the focus of the article. A lot of those Asian kids are children of recent immigrants. Undoubtedly, there are many whose parents work in restaurants or other modest occupations, and who don't speak English at home. Isn't it amazing that they're getting into Stuyvesant or Bronx Science? <BR/><BR/>Once you add other "soft" Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1156182280934046882006-08-21T13:44:00.000-04:002006-08-21T13:44:00.000-04:00I think the guy preparing the article for the web ...I think the guy preparing the article for the web didn't have space, so just cropped it. The printed newspaper article only showed the full graph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com