As we approach the second inauguration of Barack Obama, I’ve been hearing a revived debate over whether or not he’s really our first African-American President. The argument is usually that he’s “only half Black”, so it doesn’t count. Our first African-American President is yet to come”. (There are also debates that we already had African-American…
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An Asian-American perspective of Affirmative Action
From “Model Minority”: Asian American status in affirmative action Because of their high degree of success as a group, Asian Americans do not benefit from affirmative action policies the way other minority groups do. In fact, most schools routinely choose lower-scoring applicants from other racial groups, including European Americans, over Asian Americans, in an attempt…
I changed my ethnic background on Myspace
I decided to tweak my Myspace profile under the ethnicity category. Although I am more Asian than anything else, I just didn’t feel totally honest having that as my official race on my profile. I feel like I am excluding other parts of my close family who are also a big part of who I…