By now you may have seen this many times over. Those who have decided not to vote for it have listed many reasons, so why am I posting this now?
Because I received an email from an assemblyman calling on people in his district (mostly Hispanic ) to vote for measures that will cut college tuition costs for working class families by about 2/3.
Who would wind up paying the difference?
Often we see discussions on this board and other boards of Wenxue City about how to pay for college tuitions for our children. If measures like this pass, many may need to be prepared to dig deeper and pay even more.
Also someone posted a question a few days ago about whether you can send money to parents in China and use that to reduce taxable income. The answer was of course no.
But do we all know that if your parents are in Mexico and you send money to them, you can use that to reduce your taxable income?
It's true.
Equal rights deserves fighting for just for the principle of it. There may be consequences to some rights - no one knows for sure because all is speculation and projection. But not fighting for one's rights carries consequences for sure: you may be working very hard and paying for lots of things other people simply take as their rights. You know what I mean.
The following post is still circulating, which means the total vote count is still less than 50,000. I think it would be too bad if we can't even gather this many votes to show we care. So I'm pasting it here again. If you haven't voted, maybe you can take another look.
******
You may want vote for this (vote "for").
紧急动员：决战最高法院， 请投庄严一票
捍卫你孩子公平竞争入学名校的机会
历史性的时刻已经到来了：2/21/2012，美国最高法院决定审理用“族裔”的理由来提高亚裔和白人高校入学门槛的做法是否违宪。您--关爱孩子未来的父母--现在就可以花一分钟时间来帮助孩子增大孩子上他们理想大学的机会。请您立即投票赞成（FOR） 80-20全美亚裔教育基金会的民调书，清楚明白地表明亚裔在这件案子上的立场。
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no
资料显示，亚裔在美国要比其他族裔成绩优秀许多才能上同样的学校。要上同样的名校，亚裔SAT要考1550分，白人1410分，而非裔只需要1100分*（英文和数学满分是1600）。亚裔入学这么高的门槛使得许多亚裔的大学申请者非常害怕，有些干脆拒绝列出他们是亚裔—其实学校一看名字还是能知道哪些孩子是亚裔。。。
下面几周内，我们需要征集到至少五万个签名，让结果写入Amicus Curiae (“法庭之友”的文书)作为证据资料递交最高法院。我们要表明亚裔赞同以考生的综合素质（而不是族裔）作为美国高校的招生标准。综合素质包括申请学生现在的学术成绩和未来可能的成功潜力，例如申请人是否能在不利的生活环境中仍能不懈努力等 (i.e. Overcome adversity under socio-economic constraint). 我们相信这样的定位能给所有的考生提供一个公平竞争的机会，也能给学校足够的弹性来制定他们的教育的目标。
之所以要五万个签名来支持这项活动是因为现在最高法院不知道亚裔作为少数族裔在这个案例上是支持还是反对高校取消‘族裔’作为录取标准的。通过我们初步的调查，绝大多数的亚裔是支持取消‘族裔’这个录取指标的。但是我们需要确实的数据来证明亚裔的立场，所以80-20全美亚裔教育基金会设计了这个民调书。
如果您愿意让你孩子抬头做人，在申请书上大大方方承认自己是亚裔，而不惧怕会受歧视而上不了理想的学校的话，请现在就到下面的网站来签名赞成80-20的民调书，并请您的其他的亚裔朋友都来签名。父母请各签一个名，有自由意志的学龄孩子也可以签名！（必须是绿卡或公民才可以投票，谢谢合作。）
时间紧迫，谢谢您支持签名和帮助转发！
(*Source: "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life" by Thomas Espenshade (Princeton University Press, 2009)
Because I received an email from an assemblyman calling on people in his district (mostly Hispanic ) to vote for measures that will cut college tuition costs for working class families by about 2/3.
Who would wind up paying the difference?
Often we see discussions on this board and other boards of Wenxue City about how to pay for college tuitions for our children. If measures like this pass, many may need to be prepared to dig deeper and pay even more.
Also someone posted a question a few days ago about whether you can send money to parents in China and use that to reduce taxable income. The answer was of course no.
But do we all know that if your parents are in Mexico and you send money to them, you can use that to reduce your taxable income?
It's true.
Equal rights deserves fighting for just for the principle of it. There may be consequences to some rights - no one knows for sure because all is speculation and projection. But not fighting for one's rights carries consequences for sure: you may be working very hard and paying for lots of things other people simply take as their rights. You know what I mean.
The following post is still circulating, which means the total vote count is still less than 50,000. I think it would be too bad if we can't even gather this many votes to show we care. So I'm pasting it here again. If you haven't voted, maybe you can take another look.
******
You may want vote for this (vote "for").
紧急动员：决战最高法院， 请投庄严一票
捍卫你孩子公平竞争入学名校的机会
历史性的时刻已经到来了：2/21/2012，美国最高法院决定审理用“族裔”的理由来提高亚裔和白人高校入学门槛的做法是否违宪。您--关爱孩子未来的父母--现在就可以花一分钟时间来帮助孩子增大孩子上他们理想大学的机会。请您立即投票赞成（FOR） 80-20全美亚裔教育基金会的民调书，清楚明白地表明亚裔在这件案子上的立场。
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no
资料显示，亚裔在美国要比其他族裔成绩优秀许多才能上同样的学校。要上同样的名校，亚裔SAT要考1550分，白人1410分，而非裔只需要1100分*（英文和数学满分是1600）。亚裔入学这么高的门槛使得许多亚裔的大学申请者非常害怕，有些干脆拒绝列出他们是亚裔—其实学校一看名字还是能知道哪些孩子是亚裔。。。
下面几周内，我们需要征集到至少五万个签名，让结果写入Amicus Curiae (“法庭之友”的文书)作为证据资料递交最高法院。我们要表明亚裔赞同以考生的综合素质（而不是族裔）作为美国高校的招生标准。综合素质包括申请学生现在的学术成绩和未来可能的成功潜力，例如申请人是否能在不利的生活环境中仍能不懈努力等 (i.e. Overcome adversity under socio-economic constraint). 我们相信这样的定位能给所有的考生提供一个公平竞争的机会，也能给学校足够的弹性来制定他们的教育的目标。
之所以要五万个签名来支持这项活动是因为现在最高法院不知道亚裔作为少数族裔在这个案例上是支持还是反对高校取消‘族裔’作为录取标准的。通过我们初步的调查，绝大多数的亚裔是支持取消‘族裔’这个录取指标的。但是我们需要确实的数据来证明亚裔的立场，所以80-20全美亚裔教育基金会设计了这个民调书。
如果您愿意让你孩子抬头做人，在申请书上大大方方承认自己是亚裔，而不惧怕会受歧视而上不了理想的学校的话，请现在就到下面的网站来签名赞成80-20的民调书，并请您的其他的亚裔朋友都来签名。父母请各签一个名，有自由意志的学龄孩子也可以签名！（必须是绿卡或公民才可以投票，谢谢合作。）
时间紧迫，谢谢您支持签名和帮助转发！
(*Source: "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life" by Thomas Espenshade (Princeton University Press, 2009)
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