@谈云识天气 you had a totally wrong understanding of our position. From the start, we spoke of Asian American interests, never a supporter of anybody else. We supported Blum in Harvard case because it aligned with Asian American interest. We will support a racially blind solution for Fisher case, not top10%, regardless who proposed it!
@赵宇空 top x percent that may not be your intention, but that may well be the outcome of Blum wins his Fisher case. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
Of course I'm against race BASED admission. Top x percent will effectively become a race BASED policy simply because the way how minority populations actually spread.
@谈云识天气 regardless your intention, please do not scare off parents who are willing to stand up to protect their civil rights. I view a top percentage program as a liberal's scheme to disguise their racial consideration intention, just like what Professor Sander found with University of California system. Nevertheless, though we do not support it, it is actually less evil than the current practice of racially based admissions in Ivy Leagues because UC systems take top10% and remaining based on merit. The reality is: top Asian American kids go to top UC schools. Those who are not 10% still can be admitted using merit based approaches. The fact that Asian Americans have higher admission rate in UC's top universities than Ivy Leagues is a strong proof. Let's focus on eliminating racial consideration in college admissions. That's our goal!
@赵宇空 Great! You're against top x percent plan!! We are making progress here.Can you stop your ally Edward Blum from proposing it? You know, make an actual difference here? Come up with a plan that will actually works, then I'm with you.
@谈云识天气 all you need to say: please check Blum's proposed solution and make sure it does not hurt our kids, then you give a link to Blum's original document.
I've read all the court filings I can find. I've found out Blum is pushing for the top x percent during the court hearing of the Fisher case by doing research. As supporters, why didn't you find it before me? Where are you due diligence research?!
I've followed the conservative attacks on school admission since 1990s. They were long at it. I'm all for as many allies as you can find. But aren't you supposed to check where the bus is going before you get on the bus?!
@T Dai the lawsuit has gone that far yet. You do understand how lawsuit work, right? Given Edward Blum is the driving force behind the Harvard case, I did more research on him, and on his Fisher case.
I would actually prefer @赵宇空 's case go first on its own because it mostly want more information from Harvard, has no chance of overturn it. The Chinese community does have lots of questions, and Harvard needs to answer them. But because of Blum's Harvard case, 赵''s case bounced right back. Blum is out to change Harvard for his own purpose. I want to protect my 20% with the hope to increase it. But I'm not willing risk my 20% on some top x percent plan.
