And they make fun of Asians for studying their asses off.

"schools are majority white" lady... the USA is majority white.....

As an Asian, I feel very underrepresented in the NFL and NBA.

Companies are not allowed to discriminate after race. How can colleges and universities do that!

Stop looking at race,, just pick the smartest students.

They talk about how racism is bad, then how come they still judge you based on race

Tries to fight racism by being racist. Maximum irony. Also where do I sign up? I don't play my race card often but when I do it's a lawsuit.

Why don't we have affirmitive action in basketball and football;We can have Eugene Chang playing in place of Lebron and David Kim instead of Tom Brady!

Affirmative action hurts America as a whole. I want my doctors to have a 4.7 gpa and a perfect Sat score. I don't care what color you are. Quality matters. We want our scientists to be the best of the best. May the best man or woman win. Not by color or creed.

3:46 "Universities are not using racial quotas" "They are using wholistic admissions policies that allows some consideration of race" Are these 2 phrases contradictive to each other ?

Affirmative action is NOT needed, we need a meritocracy

What would you like the neurosurgeon who's about to operate on your child’s brain to be? - the one who got a 4.7 GPA and perfect SAT and MCAT scores? - or the one who scored 450 points lower but got in because of the pigmentation of their skin?

This is dumb. Just look at Leadership points, GPA, and other things. Names and Race should be EXCLUDED in applications. Applicants should be given an identification number and thats how they should be selected.

Why don't SJWs complain about this

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"

Stop saying Asians are 'over-represented'! Whoever has the best grades and has won the most national championships deserves a seat at the table. No one deserves to be pushed out just because there are more people who look like you in the competition.

Okay. Realistically, if Harvard didn't discriminate, Asian americans would make up over 50 percent of freshmen. Because they are smarter and deserve to be in there.

Like for Meritocracy

"racial quotas are not allowed" LOL, she deserves an Oscar for saying that with a straight face. Every Ivy school has a "racial quota", they just don't talk about it.

5:30 why would you need diversity to create business? While an asian kid is working hard to fulfill there dream of getting into an Ivy League College, the black and hispanic kids get to have way more free time and study less while still managing to get into an Ivy League College. That is unfair

Affirmative Action, by definition, always hurts someone. Who that is will simply be a matter of the times.

It's true. There is this book about this Indian student who was trying to get into Harvard. He had a 3.8 GPA, and there was no way he could get in. So he passed himself off as African American and automatically got accepted.

Somehow smoke weed everyday can get you into Harvard.

Is there any affirmative action for non blacks in Basketball Hip Hop rap music?

I find it shocking that only 20 percent of Harvard students are East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian or Western Asian. In top Canadian universities, at least 50% of students fall into those categories.

Not just Harvard, but all Ivy League colleges are discriminating against asians. When they say they admit students based on "Holistic Criteria" that's code for racial quotas. These types of subjective policies were started decades earlier to keep Jews out of the Ivy League schools, who were also entering in very large numbers.

The Asian students in my engineering courses represent the hard work and determination this country was built upon. Most of them barely speak English but not once do you ever hear them making excuses. They just get the job done. That kind of work ethic motivates me and if it meant colleges being 99% Asian then so be it.

Not until 1965 in some states in the United States Chinese was not allowed to buy a home or own a business.

I noticed this when I was applying for scholarships, there was one scholarship that was looking for "non-white people, or underrepresented people". I had to stop and think who "non white non-underrepresented POC" were, and I realized they didn't want asians either

Why isn’t Asian basketball players score 20 points a basket for affirmative action in NCAA.

Asians are so OP, they have to nerf us lol

4:59 Does being of college age mean the same thing as being college-qualified? Are you more concerned about a diverse workforce than a qualified one?

Of course it's hurting chances like sorry one culture works harder than others hmm I think they should be brought lower for that

At 1:20 she talks about equal opportunity. How is it equal opportunity if something is easier for a particular group?

This 450 difference is just mind-blowing.

That woman’s theory is literally contradicting to her logic. She’s saying colleges are not using racial quotas therefore they don’t discriminate Asian Americans while she encourages them to use it (which is affirmative action)

How will creating "diversity" by limiting potential create a better society? That's BS.

We shouldnt ask any race related questions in job interviews. It should only be a submitted resume and/or portfolio. With no face placed next to the name. No in-person interview, all through email and resume or name. Just assign a job applicant a number and have them submit their resume. Then we can finally hire people based on skill and not race

I remember seeing the local news showering this black kid. Showing off he got accept into every University’s he applied. I didn’t know there was such a thing as “affirmative action” but I already have my doubt about its legitimacy. If it’s design to help black kids, they might as well get rid of SAT for black kids. Because the numbers doesn’t show any sign of improvement.

Then we want to see more Asian nba players, Asian NFL players!!

I just think it’s disgusting how my family friends last name is Garcia, bc she is a quarter Filipino, so the name is from Spanish roots, she got into Harvard n probably other ivy leagues, no doubt she was smart n privileged, but my cousin who got perfect ACT score, good activities and a 4.9 GPA was differed from every Ivy League school and Stanford etc. Bc he was 100% Chinese and was smarter than the other girl

There's a reason why I always mark "prefer not to answer" when it comes to asking for ethnic background.

I want to play in NBA! They have quotas to accept me?

Yes, it does. And it’s TRULY racist.

By definition this policy is racist. Quite funny seeing many black people defend this.

Guys this is gonna blow your mind if it aids one person based on race then it hurts other people

all i know is when the doctor comes in the room and he's asian, i think, "yes! this guy definitely studied!"

Yes, it hurts Asian-Americans. If we admit applicants based on race, we are disserving ourselves and our society in the long run. We need to groom our kids to become self-reliant and hardworking people. We don't want to be a bunch of dependent pests. If we want to fix this "inequality" in admission, we need to fix the root causes and do the hardwork of solving the real underlying problems.

This is why I'm becoming trans-black

I like how she said as far as I know....

This NAACP chick is really grinding my gears

That lady w the curly hair, jewish features is lying or just doesn't know reality and this is coming from experience!

Diversity isn’t a strength! It’s not innately good nor bad just an observation of the demographic. We should have, and always had, merit based admissions!

So basically it's the same quota system we have back in India

I agree that affirmative action is definitely a racist policy and should not be a thing...however, there should be discrimination based on socioeconomic status because that DIRECTLY impacts the opportunities you have (e.g. tutors, time of studying, ability to pursue extra-curriculars etc.) growing up

I’m Mexican and I think this is true. They deny so many qualified Asians because they’re so smart that they could fill up an entire school

4:23 "Actually still majority white schools" *Shows graph which contradicts this point*

The only fair way to do this is to do a blind review of test scores and grades and a personal letter. It ain't that hard lots of European countries do so already. Yes it may make the universities less representetive but that Is not a problem with the university but rather primary and high school level.

Lol, I love how they try to use "oh it's only a few % here and there" to divert away from the fact that yes; affirmative action is harming Asian students.

“Affirmative action is needed to create diverse campuses.” So… a racial quota?

NAACP lady tries to defend racial profiling. Also diversity has nothing to do with how good the education is.

I can see a bit of smile when that woman lie. It is like "haha, we do that openly, so what, you can't prove it".

If you feel your life is ruined at age 18 because you didn't get into an Ivy, deal with the pain and suffering and move on. Life is unfair and difficult for all.

This is an interesting topic as a part of me says: "Bring it on and let's continue to outscore and actually take that as a compliment that we have reached this status now from nothing to knowing that each Asians name will be attached with incredible scores" and a part of me says: "wait, this is't right because it should all be based on what talents students bring in along with meeting a standard score to create an opportunity for all." Then I really started thinking about this and eventually realized that the problem is not Affirmative Action because in the end that truly just hurts everyone. The true problem is within the communities themselves. If we are truly to give everyone an opportunity then we need to eradicate low income and poverty communities and empower those communities with all the tools they need so they can equally rise to receive top notch education. And eventually, with time, everyone will be on a fair plane level and the scores along with your accomplishments and what you have to offer will truly be the reason why you should get in. Now, how we get rid of low income and poverty level communities to empower them to higher education, that is a whole different topic because trust me, at that level - every ethnic groups suffer. Because Asian Families' mentality on the word honor is one of the main core of Asian families, that mentality has overcome many life difficulties at all level of finances and so I see where we can get upset but also see what we have achieved to the point where we have become 100% the ones to beat. Now I do not speak for all Asians but at this point, I truly believe to level the field, we need to tackle the issue of low income and poverty level communities to rise them above that to truly make it fair nationwide for all.

Same thing back in Malaysia when I was growing up. Due to the quota system, chinese malaysians have to go through an extra 2 years of pre-university and fight for the last 3% to get into the field that they want after high school standardized exams. If you get sick during the two weeks of exam period, then you had no choice but to go into the field of study based on your grades. What made this worse was that Malay high school kids were admitted to local Universities STEM fields based on their local high school grades regardless of how they did in their standardized exams. The government wanted to produce engineers to help build the country, what they got was a bunch of business graduates who switched majors. I was one one the lucky ones who got the opportunity to study overseas and I never looked back. I consider this a blessing in disguise!

Problem will be solved after colleges in Asia catch up and put all colleges in U.S. to shame.

Finally, equality!

Change your name and just say you are Native American or something. An Indian guy changed name to black and get in right away

The entire college application process is not fair. You would be fooling yourself to think that. However, people get to where they need to be. In the end, the truly smart people will figure out how to achieve everything they want in this life.

This shouldn't even be posed as a question. The answer is an obvious yes. Schools like Berkeley which banned affirmative action have an Asian American percentage of 40% whereas all ivys don't go higher than around 20%

as an asian I think it is very unfair

Yes. It does.

SHouldn't it be based on grades and test scores? If a child studies, does harder classes in high school and gets better grades, they should get into the better schools. I hate when NAACP says diversity is better than test scores and grades. Do you want a doctor based on DIVERSITY or based on how they did in school?

it's no longer just about race. One of my student who is applying to MIT electrical engineering grad school they now ask about your sexual orientation. what does that have to do with anything?

"If race is used as a positive factor, meaning that it helps an application, that's good. When it harms an application, I feel that's not fair."

I wrote an essay for some colleges about affirmative action discriminating against Asian Americans. I got deffered from both colleges I sent that specific essay to. However, one excellent point I managed to research, that should have been included in this video, is that California forbids using race as a factor for their state schools. UCLA and UC Berkeley do have a higher proportion of Asian students, but it doesn't actually come at a major detriment to other minorities. Ultimately, affirmative action grants one group and advantage over another, which inherently increases the difficulty for the groups not given an advantage.

This world is not perfect. As a foreigner in US, I’ve been through so much unfairness. All I can do is to believe if I work harder, I will be who I wanna be someday. ❤️ ❤️

I hope this serves as a wake up call for asians and makes them realize the dangers of leftist ideology.

Not having a real understanding of History leads to ignorance. And then, there are those who have Amnesia.

If the race is considered in the admission process, that is by definition racist. I don't see anywhere near 4.5% Asian in NBA/NFL, that's just the fact that nowadays Asian are not as good a basketball/football player as black people. You cannot fix that by AAing Asian into the NBA/NFL. Just let the best man/woman win, how hard can that be?

I agree with the Asian kid. I’m ok with having affirmative action that lower scores to helps people like African and Hispanic, but I’m not ok with the higher scores needed for Asian. Asian should at least be graded on the same scale as white people. AT LEAST.

Judge them by merit as well as taking into account their income / family background and struggles, the color of their skin should have nothing to do with it

Well I wasn’t good enough to be “targeted” by affirmative action, I only applied for schools of my level which were all the UCs, but I can’t help but imagine how horrible it must feel to be at the top of the top and get rejected from those ivy leagues. It makes me almost thankful I didn’t work any harder than I did.

They should have Affirmative Action in the NBA.

'Blind applications', I believe, are the solution. You may run into a situation where groups without access to quality education will score lower, but I believe that will help uncover a much larger issue.

If there was no affirmative actions, the whole campus would be Chinese, Korean, and Japanese students lol. As much as I think it’s unfair, there is a valid argument that you don’t want the campus to become Seoul University/University of Tokyo/Qinghua University.

We don’t have a race problem WE HAVE A SOCIOECONOMIC PROBLEM

I can tell that a lot of people didn't watch the whole video

When it talks about Harvard's freshman class statistics, that doesnt say shit about what percentage of people are applying or what their scores are in school in terms of GPA and standardized testing, so why are they showing it like a relative statistics. It's just talking about college age students wtf

This is literally why most immigrant asian and immigrant children are conservative. I'm one of them.

I applied for a Jackie Robinson scholarship where there were 9 awards. There were 10 final interviewees and I was the lone Asian and non African American. The first and only question was.. “why would you be a good fit for the award when you’re not black” needless to say I didn’t get considered the moment I walked in the door

Good point by Mr. Wang. These rules force Asians to have to study hardier. Not fair.

We need Trump to fix this problem. Not only asian students suffer from AA , but white students also suffer from this AA.

Just because something is "equal" does not necessarily make it fair. That's something we need to learn.

This so fun to watch

“ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”

I had a 4.6 and a 1500 and got rejected by almost every university i applied to (northwestern, uchicago, usc, waitlisted nyu) granted i understand that these are difficult colleges to get into but all it really makes me think is that hard work doesn’t pay off i didn’t have parents forcing me to study and get good grades, i pushed myself on my own and it was all for nothing haha

This is a very well balanced video -- thank you

Very interesting to see more people talking about this issue. Sounds like a good thing, but this will hurt everyone at the end.

lol I think how its funny when they group asians into 1 category.