Episode 119: The Model Minority Myth, Affirmative Action, And Asian/Black Tensions

http://www.youtube.com/angelsdodger

I discuss with Hui-Ling how affirmative action causes tensions between Asians and other minorities.

Edit: It's Noble and Greenough School not Noble and Greenborough School
Individual school demographics can be found on niche.com

0:19 - Introduction, Hui Ling's Family

Is New York City’s Plan to Diversify Specialized High Schools Racist toward Asian Americans? - https://research.steinhardt.ny....u.edu/site/metroblog

6:50 - What is the model minority myth?

Success Story, Japanese American Style - http://inside.sfuhs.org/dept/h....istory/US_History_re

Success Story of One Minority Group in the US - https://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/Hist33/US%20News%20&%20World%20Report.pdf

Civil Rights Act - https://www.senate.gov/artandh....istory/history/commo

Voting Rights Act - https://www.history.com/topics..../black-history/votin

OiYan Poon - https://www.civilrightsproject.....ucla.edu/research/c

Trayvon Martin - https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05..../us/trayvon-martin-s

Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/

Whose Side Are Asian Americans On? - https://newrepublic.com/articl....e/151328/whose-side-

Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans? - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0....8/28/magazine/affirm

14:25 - What is the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT)? Is it fair?

Admission Test's Scoring Quirk Throws Balance Into Question - https://www.nytimes.com/2005/1....1/12/nyregion/admiss

SHSAT Format Changes - https://www.princetonreview.com/k12/shsat-format

Josephine Yeh SHSAT - https://www.princetonreview.com/k12/shsat-format

Grace Meng - https://nypost.com/2014/09/22/....high-school-admissio

Eric Adams - https://www.kingscountypolitic....s.com/outraged-elect

https://nypost.com/2018/06/18/....brooklyn-president-t

Ron Kim - https://www.nydailynews.com/bl....ogs/dailypolitics/fi

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/a....sian-america/plan-di

23:44 - What is the Discovery Program? What are private schools?

Parents Sue NYC Over Discovery Program - https://www.wsj.com/articles/p....arents-sue-city-over

https://www.usnews.com/news/ed....ucation-news/article

John Yoo - https://www.the74million.org/a....rticle/race-blind-or

Asian Americans Attitude Towards Affirmative Action - http://aapidata.com/blog/aa-at....titudes-affirmative-

What is a private school? - https://teach.com/careers/beco....me-a-teacher/where-c

32:29 - What is the Harvard lawsuit about?

NPR article - https://www.npr.org/2017/08/03..../541430130/trump-adm

Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/me....tro/2017/08/02/harva

Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago - https://www.nytimes.com/intera....ctive/2017/08/24/us/

Harvard Decision - https://www.usatoday.com/story..../news/politics/2019/

Harvard Legacies - https://www.latimes.com/opinio....n/op-ed/la-oe-lee-ha

The Making of a Harvard Feeder School - https://www.thecrimson.com/art....icle/2013/12/13/maki

42:50 - What is Proposition 209?

Proposition 209 - https://www.britannica.com/top....ic/affirmative-actio

SCA 5 Ted Lieu - http://reappropriate.co/2014/0....4/anti-affirmative-a

Judy Chu - https://www.politico.com/story..../2009/01/asian-ameri

https://www.rollcall.com/news/-35166-1.html

https://www.latimes.com/archiv....es/la-xpm-2009-may-2

https://latimesblogs.latimes.c....om/lanow/2009/07/jud