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Items tagged: affirmative action

Asian Americans: Whose Side Are You On?

March 2, 2010
by John Delloro Originally posted on Asian American Action Fund

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) response to the racial incident at UCSD may foreshadow the fate of race and racism in this nation.

Asian Americans: "Whose Side Are You On?"

March 2, 2010
by John Delloro Originally posted on Asian American Action Fund

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) response to the racial incident at UCSD may foreshadow the fate of race and racism in this nation.

Asian American Businesses and Discrimination in Public Contracting; Affirmative Action Helps Asian Firms

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A new report* to be published by the Asian American Justice Center will summarize an analysis of Asian American business participation in public contracting activities by the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, and San Francisco.  Bottom line: Asian American owned businesses in the industries of construction, IT/technology, and architecture/engineeing (the above video features one Asian American design firm - DScheme in San Francisco) are not getting thei


Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 2 - In support of affirmative action

Cross-posted: Reappropriate

This post is broken into two parts for the sake of length:


Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 1 – An improper comparison

Cross-posted: Reappropriate

This post is broken into two parts for the sake of length: