I know.

Start from when the white man decided to take the African people away from their homeland.

If you're referring to the American version of slavery, it didn't last 400 years. Ideas can be overturned within a generation. Rapid change is very possible, but certain parental biases can seep into children if the education system doesn't do enough to combat it.

You're right. It's a poor reflection on American society. Which is why it is at times surprising when minorities stand up for America. The quality of life is better in other Western nations.

This, however, is wrong. Britain is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution - it helped the British Empire become a superpower. America's initial industrialisation occurred in the North and continued well after the abolition of slavery, by way of the entrepreneurial skills of the robber barons. But it was the Allied victory in WWII that propelled both America and the Soviet Union to superpower status. They can both thank Nazi Germany's belligerence for that golden opportunity.

I know it's on average what are you getting at? and no it's not the way it has always been. Asian students who scores high on exam are mostly from Asia themselves. (It's mostly because of the cultures)so it's understandable to judge them harder (which is the way it always has been) but using the same standard to judge Asian-American is obviously not fair

This assumes that all colleges are looking at is you SAT score which is just false. Do you live within the US? Do you know that most colleges refuse to take certain kids from certain areas based on where they graduated and which neighborhoods they live in? Do you know that students and kids can be passed over for acceptance into schools based off of what there address is that they put on their application? As I said before with my post above yours SAT's are one singular component of admissions. There is a whole 'nother side of the process that prospective appliers don't see or may not even know about.

Regardless Ivy league schools and schools of higher caliber only take students from certain areas. Better areas. Unless these Asians live within those coveted areas, neighborhoods, townships and are apart of those communities (which are mostly populated by white people) they wouldn't have a chance of getting in anyway even with their higher SAT averages.

We live in a world where if you are not classified under the massive umbrella term "white" you are automatically deemed "other". In such a world white is the majority or "normal" and all other minorities that can't hide under the moniker are at a disadvantage. Obviously white privilege still exists and all the benefits that whites get simply for being white are numerous and plentiful. Hence why affirmative action is needed.

This feels like belligerent nitpicking. Weither or not Slavery started in the 1500's or the 1600's and proceeded for three hundred to four hundred years it's really his point. His main (and more important) point was the fact that African-American's haven't been treated as equals until very recent in America's history.

The truth of the matter is that a great majority of Asian applicants are identical and essentially generic.

In the long run, the affirmative action during college admissions is almost completely negligible.

It annoys me how these Asians have become so bitter and egotistical regarding this process. No one can "take your spot" if it were never your spot to begin. Obviously, the disparity in test scores could be an alarming sign of affirmative action, but there are other factors (outside of race) that can make the difference. Those of lower income often receive a boost in the college admissions process. Coincidentally most applicants of lower income are under represented minorities. Test scores are not the only components of the college admissions process. So basing your entire argument around SAT scores or the change in percentage of the number of Asians accepted into a single university is just flawed. That's just one sample. How is that indicative of the admission patterns of the entire nation?

In the end, it doesn't matter. Once you're out in the workforce, the Asians and whites will receive higher salaries than equally qualified blacks or Latinos.

"Numbers-based" as opposed to "holistic" admissions, only include academic data. I know perfectly well how US admissions work, so, no, that's not what I was "assuming" - I'm talking about UC-Berkeley which does put a heavier weight on your numbers and gives race no consideration. And look at the result. Seriously, READ thoroughly before you jump on that reply button. You're just flat out wrong about this whole "coveted neighbourhood" ********; please go scour the Ivy League admission stats and educate yourself about who these institutions accept.

And you conveniently took out my main point, which is that regardless of how long slavery and discrimination exist, it doesn't necessarily make it impossible to eradicate from the culture in a short period of time.

We ain't mad. If it takes scoring significantly higher than Whites/Blacks then so be it (not like it's very tough). You just have to be so darn good no one can deny you

What most of the people who comment here fail to realize is that as private institutions, the Ivy League colleges reserve the right to choose their students the way they want to. Having a successful class for these schools involves creating a class full of diversity, not only racially, but geographically and socioeconomically as well. I fail to see the constant complaints on how the admissions process is biased in other areas, so why is race always brought up as an issue? As a member of the freshmen class with a few of the students mentioned in the article, I can attest to the fact that the admissions officers have crafted a fantastic class in the past year. The dynamic at the Ivy League colleges are very productive and diversity clearly plays a role in the success of the college students. If test scores were the only factor in admissions, then the class would be much more homogeneous and it would be difficult for the students to challenge each other academically and learn from each other's experiences. Looking at the past success of many of these "Ivy League grads", I'd say that these admissions officers know what they are doing. We might not be the group of students who have the highest achievements test wise, but I'd like to think that there are more ways to measure success in life than just through test scores.