Let’s #StopAsianHateForRealThisTime
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Here’s the original screenshot posted by hackers, who broke into NYU’s systems and published admissions data by SAT and race. If you’re not outraged that our Esteemed Educational Institutions itemize and screen students by race, like woke interns for Goebbels, at least be upset that you’re getting crappier everything as a result.
The scariest thing is medical school admissions. At first, I thought this chart was fake—or some kind of racist meme.
Then, I tracked down the original from AEI, a reputable conservative think tank. It’s all too real. And you can bet this pattern is being replicated across majors and professions.
Sorry, this is inexcusable. Most 20-year-olds never owned a single slave—or bolo tie. No reason to rig their admissions to college—or rodeos. Until there’s an unlimited supply of everything, we need to optimize for excellence.
The reason this isn’t quite a five-alarm fire is Asians are still killing it. I re-created a 2010 Pew Research study with more recent data to show how far above average earnings most Asians are.
Here’s a more refined look using 2018 data.
Another reason I only gave this a 58/100 is that DEI programs are being phased out by employers and ESG (where the “S” is the social engenieering part) is also seeing major investor outflows. Race-based admissions were nuked by the Supreme Court. Schools are still finding ways around it, but it puts them on shaky legal footing, especially as President Trump targets them for civil rights and other violations. Even corp
Bottom line: It’s great that America seems to be pivoting back to merit, but this topic remains irritating, divisive and regressive.
Of course, there was historical racism. Of course, some of it lingers. Of course, we should help those struggling be the best they can, through financial aid, tutoring, mentoring, apprenticeships, Big Brother/Sister programs, etc. But in the end, they must still achieve — as individuals and on their own merits. Not as avatars for some political agenda. How F***NG racist is it to create dumb categories like “Asian” “Hispanic” or “Black”, completely disregarding the vast cultural differences between say, Cubans, Argentinians, and Guatemalans. Or, Japanese, Chinese and Malaysians. Or experiential differences between a Nigerian immigrant, an African American kid from Detroit, and Jayden Smith. It’s insulting, dehumanizing, and coercive to pretend this isn’t just a game to create cynical voting blocs. Time to snuff out this kind of identitarianism…with extreme prejudice.
And when there is racism, it should be litigated and adjudicated. The minute it’s presumed to be everywhere, like seed oils or Timothy Chalamet, these daranged Utopians create exactly what they claim to hate: “systemic racism”, poisoning society in the process.
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