tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8871422558062044225..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: "The bar is different ..."Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79033950538340617782012-11-05T15:52:17.886-05:002012-11-05T15:52:17.886-05:00Actually, the official statistics show that UCLA&#...Actually, the official statistics show that UCLA's only 34% Asian and Berkeley's only 37%, and neither has ever been much higher than about 40%. I suppose Asian students are so loud and boisterous, that 34% just seems like 54%...<br /><br />Bronner used to be the NYT Education Editor, so he's obviously very careful to get all his facts exactly correct...RKU1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71181123385751814872012-11-04T20:22:09.474-05:002012-11-04T20:22:09.474-05:00Asians are not the only group that would benefit i...Asians are not the only group that would benefit if college affirmative action ended. Caucasoid Gentiles would also see a large rise in admission.Iamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15712491015063593712012-11-04T07:15:27.757-05:002012-11-04T07:15:27.757-05:00My Jewish neighbor passed along a recent WSJ artic...My Jewish neighbor passed along a recent WSJ article on the rise of Asian Americans and the predicament they are facing from a Jewish perspective.<br /><br />Rise of the Tiger Nation by Lee Siegel<br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204076204578076613986930932.htmlGeorge Shennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15697553941486669632012-11-03T13:45:16.017-04:002012-11-03T13:45:16.017-04:00Professor Hsu,
As an Asian American Stuyvesant alu...Professor Hsu,<br />As an Asian American Stuyvesant alumnus, I found this to be the most troubling and offensive notion of the NY Times piece:<br />"More important, some argue, Asian-Americans themselves benefit from the campus diversity the system produces. Schools where admission is purely through a test, like the elite public New York City high school Stuyvesant, often have large Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-11721503084505476872012-11-02T19:47:42.992-04:002012-11-02T19:47:42.992-04:00***Asians rated only a couple of mentions in the F...***Asians rated only a couple of mentions in the Fisher v Texas oral arguments, and always by a conservative justice. ***<br /><br />Yes, and as the Republican appointed Chief Justice noted: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."bottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13635767532966417322012-11-02T18:48:32.095-04:002012-11-02T18:48:32.095-04:00What's that Asians, you'd like to be judge...What's that Asians, you'd like to be judged on the content of your character instead of the color of your skin? Too bad. Someone has to take one for the team to compensate for the underachievement of other population groups, and that someone is you. <br /><br />Please feel satisfied with Obama wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year on YouTube, and ignore Obama and Holder championing the Miley_Cyraxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79699346698862052512012-11-02T13:30:40.917-04:002012-11-02T13:30:40.917-04:00Steve, I just wish you would keep the above in min...Steve, I just wish you would keep the above in mind when waxing poetic about President Obama, whose re-election is going to virtually guarantee that this continues...dwbuddhttp://twitter.com/dwbuddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16447059925157484162012-11-02T12:12:47.512-04:002012-11-02T12:12:47.512-04:00"For Stuy kids without that option, the combi..."For Stuy kids without that option, the combination of anti-Asian discrimination, inside-track admission policies for the children of celebrities and alumni and vast numbers of slots reserved for athletes, chances of admission to the elite universities become slim indeed, as admission numbers prove."<br /><br />This is a good comment and makes an important point, namely that affirmativePaulnoreply@blogger.com