EPISODE · Jun 15, 2021
Supreme Court Kicks Can on Asian Bias At Harvard, get reaction from Kenny Xu, author of An Inconvenient Minority
from Catalog of Interviews and Bits
Supreme Court effectively delays challenge to Harvard affirmative action policies for several months Justices defer Harvard case on race in college admissions U.S. Supreme Court seeks Biden views on Harvard admissions dispute YOU SAW HIM ON TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT… NOW GET THE NEW BOOK! An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy By Kenny Xu PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: Kenny Xu, is author of the new book, An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy. He is the President of Color Us United, which advocates for a color blind society. CHECK OUT COLOR US UNITED From a journalist on the frontlines of the Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence with its far-reaching implications―from seedy test-prep centers to gleaming gifted-and-talented magnet schools, to top colleges and elite business, media, and political positions across America The Asian American minority, transcending its impoverished history, has quietly assumed mastery of the nation’s technical and intellectual machinery and become essential to the workforce that makes modern American life possible. Yet, they’ve been forced to do so in the face of policy proposals―written in the name of diversity―that serve to exclude them from the upper ranks of the elite. In An Inconvenient Minority, journalist Kenny Xu, who has covered the sensational Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case since its inception, traces elite America’s longstanding unease about a minority potentially upending them in the race for group status. Their policy proposals, such as eliminating standardized testing, doling out racial preferences to non-Asian minorities, inflaming anti-Asian stereotypes, and lumping Asians into “privileged” categories despite their deprived historical experiences have forced Asian Americans to fight back―a battle given a boots-on-the-ground perspective here. Going beyond the Harvard case, Xu unearths the skewed logic that has had ripple effects throughout the US, from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s attempted makeover of the New York City Specialized School programs to the battle over diversity quotas in Google’s and Facebook’s progressive epicenters, to the rise of Asian American political activism in response to unfair perceptions and admission pr
Embed this episode
Ready to play
Supreme Court Kicks Can on Asian Bias At Harvard, get reaction from Kenny Xu, author of An Inconvenient Minority
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.