推翻affirmative action 的曙光：大法官肯尼迪的退休

今天，大法官肯尼迪在今年審判結束後宣布正式退休，給共和黨送了份大禮。雖然美國最高法院一共有九名法官，但是另外八人的觀點非常鮮明，四左四右，隻有肯尼迪是搖擺票，所以他的很多觀點決定了最高法院的判決。包括同性戀合法，持槍合法。對華人影響最大的莫過於去年的AA，Fisher vs Texas 的裁決。肯尼迪最後決定維持affirmative action, 認為宗族還是入學應該考慮的因素之一。

 

現在Edward Blum 在和哈佛打官司，最終的目的是想官司一路到最高法院，推翻aa. 如果法官的人員不變，肯尼迪會說，哈佛用personality 係統性降低亞裔的入取分數不對，要改，但是宗族也應該是入學的考慮因素。。。。。。還是沒有什麽用。因為哈佛明天可以改變評分標準，更隱蔽的歧視亞裔。

 

現在肯尼迪退休了，情況就不一樣了。現在共和黨還是控製兩院，如果共和黨推舉一個保守大法官，等哈佛的案子打到最高法院，我們就有5右四左了。當然，要保佑右派法官長命百歲。

[HCC]

So -- I don't know since I am not on the street and I have no idea what the reality is. But, this article here says:

"華人聰明、數學成績好，很容易在華爾街找到機會。在華爾街從事金融的華人可用成千上萬來形容，有的人甚至在四大證券公司裏位居高位，掌管著上百億美元的資金。"
http://www.chinanews.com/hr/2012/03-29/3783913.shtml

[我飛呀飛]

回複 'HCC' 的評論 :

I mean sell side analysts

[我飛呀飛]

回複 'HCC' 的評論 :

I cannot agree. I've met lots of healthcare sector analysts on the street and only one or two are Chinese.

[HCC]

I don't think Chinese in law and finance are underrepresented. I think Chinese in politics (outside of California) are underrepresented -- but, not because of education.

I think Chinese in medicine are overrepresented, by far.

But -- today the reality is, Chinese have taken away other races/ethnicities' chance at higher education. When the Chinese are already far overrepresented in the top colleges and universities (20%), does it make sense to eat all of the doughnuts in the box, and leave others with nothing?

In mainland China, there are affirmative action policies for minorities, too (see Affirmative Action in China; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_China , 少數民族加分).


After all, the goal should be for the betterment of the entire country and not just our own people, right?

[我飛呀飛]

回複 'HCC' 的評論 : Asian is 20%, but Chinese working in laws/medical/finance/politics are underrepresented in reality. Chinese population only has grown exponentially in the last 10-20 years. Only now we start to over represent in these areas in school. However we have generations to make up. Unless we have a strong base, I would say we are not living up to what we should get as a group.

[HCC]

Asians already account for 20% of Harvard admission -- which is 4 times the percentage in total population. Do we want to deny and diminish other races/ethnicity's chance at higher education?