Were Asian Americans Forgotten in Affirmative Action Case?

Nov 01, 2022 View Original Article
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    -70% Very Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    60% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Surveys demonstrate that the majority of Asians favor affirmative action but supporting affirmative action doesn't mean supporting prejudices like the racist trope that Asians are dull and boring, which seems to be supported by Harvard's system of giving Asians lower personality scores."
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2% Conservative
"The group that brought the cases, Students for Fair Admissions, also raised the point but spent the majority of the time answering questions about whether it was time to dispense with affirmative action particularly in light of Justice Sandra Day O'Coor's writing in 2003 that the need for such race-conscious policies would likely be gone within twenty-five years."
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-2% Liberal
"In Monday's five-hour long Supreme Court arguments about the future of affirmative action it was easy to forget that the cases first arose from alleged discrimination against Asian American applicants in the admission processes."
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-4% Liberal
"There is little doubt that Blum saw an opportunity with Asian Americans to give the newly conservative SCOTUS the opportunity to strike down affirmative action and given the questions Monday there is little doubt that the votes exist to do just that."
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-4% Liberal
"During the Supreme Court arguments about the future of affirmative action, one might be forgiven for forgetting the cases arose from alleged discrimination against Asian Americans."
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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Surveys demonstrate that the majority of Asians favor affirmative action but supporting affirmative action doesn't mean supporting prejudices like the racist trope that Asians are dull and boring, which seems to be supported by Harvard's system of giving Asians lower personality scores.
49% : The group that brought the cases, Students for Fair Admissions, also raised the point but spent the majority of the time answering questions about whether it was time to dispense with affirmative action particularly in light of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's writing in 2003 that the need for such race-conscious policies would likely be gone within twenty-five years.
48% : In Monday's five-hour long Supreme Court arguments about the future of affirmative action it was easy to forget that the cases first arose from alleged discrimination against Asian American applicants in the admission processes.
48% : There is little doubt that Blum saw an opportunity with Asian Americans to give the newly conservative SCOTUS the opportunity to strike down affirmative action and given the questions Monday there is little doubt that the votes exist to do just that.
45% : During the Supreme Court arguments about the future of affirmative action, one might be forgiven for forgetting the cases arose from alleged discrimination against Asian Americans.

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