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緊急動員：決戰最高法院， 請投莊嚴一票
捍衛你孩子公平競爭入學名校的機會
曆史性的時刻已經到來了：2/21/2012，美國最高法院決定審理用“族裔”的理由來提高亞裔和白人高校入學門檻的做法是否違憲。您--關愛孩子未來的父母--現在就可以花一分鍾時間來幫助孩子增大孩子上他們理想大學的機會。請您立即投票讚成（FOR）
80-20全美亞裔教育基金會的民調書，清楚明白地表明亞裔在這件案子上的立場。
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no
資料顯示，亞裔在美國要比其他族裔成績優秀許多才能上同樣的學校。要上同樣的名校，亞裔SAT要考1550分，白人1410分，而非裔隻需要1100分*（英文和數學滿分是1600）。亞裔入學這麽高的門檻使得許多亞裔的大學申請者非常害怕，有些幹脆拒絕列出他們是亞裔—其實學校一看名字還是能 知道哪些孩子是亞裔。。。
下麵幾周內，我們需要征集到至少五萬個簽名，讓結果寫入Amicus Curiae
(“法庭之友”的文書)作為證據資料遞交最高法院。我們要表明亞裔讚同以考生的綜合素質（而不是族裔）作為美國高校的招生標準。綜合素質包括申請學生現在的學術成績和未來可能的成功潛力，例如申請人是否能在不利的生活環境中仍能不懈努力等
(i.e. Overcome adversity under socio-economic constraint).
我們相信這樣的定位能給所有的考生提供一個公平競爭的機會，也能給學校足夠的彈性來製定他們的教育的目標。
之所以要五萬個簽名來支持這項活動是因為現在最高法院不知道亞裔作為少數族裔在這個案例上是支持還是反對高校取消‘族裔’作為錄取標準的。通過我們初步的調查，絕大多數的亞裔是支持取消‘族裔’這個錄取指標的。但是我們需要確實的數據來證明亞裔的立場，所以80-20全美亞裔教育基金會設計了這個民調書。
如果您願意讓你孩子抬頭做人，在申請書上大大方方承認自己是亞裔，而不懼怕會受歧視而上不了理想的學校的話，請現在就到下麵的網站來簽名讚成80-20的民調書，並請您的其他的亞裔朋友都來簽名。父母請各簽一個名，有自由意誌的學齡孩子也可以簽名！（必須是綠卡或 公民才可以投票，謝謝合作。）
時間緊迫，謝謝您支持簽名和幫助轉發！
(*Source: "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite
College Admission and Campus Life" by Thomas Espenshade (Princeton
University Press, 2009)
A historical moment has arrived. On February 21, 2012, the Supreme
Court decided to review a pending lawsuit that challenges the
prevalence use of strong racial preferences in college admission.
Please take this survey to project your voice to the Supreme Court.
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no
Your children’s future is literally in your hands!
Currently, Asian Americans are being held at a much higher college
admission standard. To receive equal consideration for the top
colleges, out of a 1600 SAT maximum (verbal & math)
1550 for Asians = 1410 for Whites = 1100 for Blacks.
The strong racial preferences instilled such a fear among Asian
American applicants that many refuse to state their ethnicities in
college applications. (Well, most of our LAST NAMES are a dead
giveaway!) If you want your children to face such a harsh reality,
then do nothing. Otherwise please take ONE minute to cast your vote.
We aim to gather 50,000 signatures and submit this national survey
results to the Supreme Court. We will submit an Amicus Curiae (“friend
of the court” brief) advocating a race-neutral, merit-based college
admission policy; with broadly defined merit to include current
scholastic achievement and evaluated future potential of an applicant.
This nuanced position would provide fair and equitable opportunity to
all applicants; while still provide the schools broad discretion in
defining education objectives.
Please fire up all your Asian American friends and families to vote.
The clock is ticking; the deadline to submit a legal briefing is less
than two months away. Every single vote counts. Yes, parents should
sign as two separate individuals, school children counts too if they
understand the concept and have an opinion.
"YOU must be the change you wish to see in the world” — Mahatma Gandhi
