Claims of anti-Asian discrimination at Harvard reveal a long, complicated fight over affirmative action
Claims of anti-Asian discrimination at Harvard reveal a long, complicated fight over affirmative action
- May 21, 2015
- Jennifer Lee, sociology professor, is featured by Yahoo! News May 21, 2015
From Yahoo! News:
Does one of the nation’s most prestigious universities really have a racially biased
admissions process, or are the organizers behind such a claim merely pushing a larger,
more controversial agenda?… “They are trying to confuse people,” University of California
Irvine sociologist Jennifer Lee said of the language used in the Harvard complaint.
“They don’t discuss affirmative action, but are very deliberate about using the term
‘quotas,’ because it tends to provoke controversy among Americans.”
For the full story, please visit http://news.yahoo.com/claims-of-anti-asian-discrimination-at-harvard-reveal-a-long--complicated-fight-over-affirmative-action-231625860.html.
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