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When he was in high school, Eric Liu labored desperately not to be defined by his race. He made himself into a "Renaissance boy"--a wrestler and musician, prizewinning scientist and newspaper editor--all to avoid the stereotypes commonly affixed to young Asian-American males. As Liu writes in his new book, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker (Random House; 206 pages; $23), his effort to distinguish himself didn't always work: "In the eyes of some, I suppose, I was simply another Asian 'overachiever...
According to the admissions office, levels of Asian-American, black and Latino Students have all increased, to 19 percent, 8.9 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively. Native Americans will remain constant at 0.7 percent...
...Given that the scholarship is focused on Asian-American appreciation and study, it's giving people a chance to go who otherwise wouldn't have had that chance," Mason said...
...changes in racial percentages in enrollment at the University of California system, demonstrate just how badly affirmative action treated everyone, both minority and majority populations. The dramatic drop in black and Hispanic students accepted to UC Berkeley and UCLA shows the extent to which white and Asian-American students were discriminated against under affirmative action. Nevertheless, the staff finds it convenient to ignore that the number of black and Hispanics accepted at other campus in the UC system has substantially increased...
...Although Asian Buddhists at Harvard may not participate in the campus group, which is predominantly non-Asian, there is an Asian Buddhist community at the College. In fact, according to Queen, the majority of the three to four million Buddhists practicing in America today are Asian-American...