"I wish I weren't Asian" ZT

"One Korean student, applying from a top prep school, got pegged at MIT as “yet another textureless math grind.” At Vanderbilt, a former admissions staffer offered that Asians “are very good students, but don’t provide the kind of intellectual environment” that colleges are looking for."

"Harvard evaluators “ranked Asian American candidates on average below whites in ‘personal qualities,’” and repeatedly described them as “‘quiet/shy, science/math oriented, and hard workers.’” While McGrath Lewis and other high-ranking admissions officials deny the presence of stereotyping, the lower-level staffers responsible for individual applications acknowledge that such practices exist"

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=515779#

This is so racist. It made me cry. I hate being Asian. Textureless math grind? Don't people realize that these are actual human beings they're dealing with? How can they be so insensitive? I can't believe that someone would make a blanket statement about Asians like "not providing the right intellectual environment." This person has a job?
And isn't is just plain wrong to say one type of personality (extroverted, "white") is better in terms of "personal qualities" (a term which by itself is Bu11) than another? That's just naked racism, to rank Asians below whites in personal qualities just because they're PERCEIVED to be quieter and more hardworking. Since when were those BAD things? People are just looking for an excuse to look down on Asians.


I don't mean to make another redundant thread. But this article is really noteworthy and it hit me on a personal level.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=262725

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• score-oriented. Patients should take some responsibilities -OverWorry- ♀ (96 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 09:00:32

• 华人的孩子很多方面都是他们家长的受害者。 -nowhere88- ♂ (152 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 09:11:32

• saw that one from CC. painful. i posted the harvrd crimson -weston- ♀ (36 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 09:18:03

• An Asian Guy's Opinion (ZT from CC) -weston- ♀ (1842 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 09:21:49

• btw, he did get in. -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 09:30:03

• 这观点，我喜欢，proud of being oneself. -Sound- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 09:31:38

• me too~~ -xxxxxxxxxx- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 10:21:33

• 我喜欢这个男孩:) -知道点- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 12:39:39