A proposal to end race-blind admissions in CA was killed by Asian American Dem legislators after constituent outcry.http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/03/17/california-asian-americans-show-strength-in-blocking-affirmative-action-revival/ …
I'd be careful of the "Asians support affirmative action" claim. This is a subject where poll results are very sensitive to question wordinghttps://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/865632673405980672 …
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CA Field Poll result used to show Asian support for Aff Action had purely positive framing about "helping blacks, women & other minorities"
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Anyway, an irony of this as a white resentment wedge issue is these policies mostly reallocate college slots among various minority groups.
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Stuyvesant High in New York is 18% white, not much above the school district, which is 16% white. Stuyvesant is 72% Asian.
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stuy has students from all over NYC, not just from tribeca/BPC
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Right, by "school district" I mean all of New York City.
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ahh, right. and tribeca/BPC is probably 98% white anyway
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Affirmative action polls well when the actual policy of using race as an admissions criterion isn't mentioned: http://bostonreview.net/blog/poll-yes-affirmative-action-no-racial-preferences …
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I don't love this Gallup question, which posits the alternative to racial preferences is admission "solely on the basis of merit."
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Obviously, advocates of racial preferences believe a racial makeup adjusted closer to the total population is meritorious.
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Anyway, a difficult topic to write a question on that captures the whole political dynamic.
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Definitely hard, but another Gallup poll found a 31/65 split on approval of Fisher vs. Texas decision:http://www.gallup.com/poll/193508/oppose-colleges-considering-race-admissions.aspx …
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It almost universally polls better when framed as 'affirmative action programs' and worse when framed as 'race can be a factor in decisions'
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Agreed
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It's also a matter of new Chinese immigs wanting to get into Ivys in greater numbers than they do now. They're not stanning for Laotian ppl.
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The doc doesn't say 'white' and uses language that would be applauded if Obama was in office.
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