Is affirmative action discriminatory? As SCOTUS weighs that, NJ Asians are divided

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% :"Affirmative action is helping all of us," she said.
67% : Second- and third-generation Asians tend to support affirmative action and the need for diversity.
65% : "However, I think affirmative action is our generation raising our voice."
62% :Leonia resident Manu Singh, 49, an immigrant from India, said she benefited from affirmative action at work as a senior vice president of a media company.
60% : In North Jersey, where Asian Americans account for 17% of Bergen County's population, there is a definitive divide on support for affirmative action in college admissions.
60% : Montclair mom Amber Reed, an adoptee originally from Korea, supports affirmative action but agrees that there should be more admissions officers from diverse backgrounds who understand minorities.
58% :Affirmative action: Supreme Court to consider use of race in college admissions
58% : As the mom of two children ages 13 and 8, Singh supports affirmative action even as her children may not benefit from it.
52% :Affirmative action has been under assault since it was signed in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who issued Executive Order 11246, prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin by those organizations receiving federal contracts and subcontracts, said Lawrence Hamm, founder of the People's Organization for Progress in Newark.
45% : Then he looked around at others who were accepted to elite schools who were less qualified, which led him to examine affirmative action and what he says is the false narrative of American meritocracy.
44% : The daughter of immigrants from China who identifies as a first-generation, low-income student, Huang said she would not be at UNC if not for affirmative action.
43% : The media coverage has been very biased in favor of affirmative action, said Bridgewater resident June Wang, an immigrant from China with a 17-year-old son who is now applying to colleges.
38% : The majority of her clients are against affirmative action.
37% : People think affirmative action hurts Asians, but that's not true, Huang said.
34% : "Can you really say that's equity and inclusion?"Braving the rain outside the Supreme Court, conservative activist and author Kenny Xu joined about 300 Asian Americans in condemning affirmative action.

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