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Kwang Ja Rha, 72.
Photograph: Juliana Sohn
Among Koreans,
Giving Death Your Best Face
NYT
May. 18, 2016
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/
among-koreans-giving-death-your-best-face/
Illustration: Dadu Shin
Why Won’t Hollywood Cast Asian Actors?
NYT
APRIL 22, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/
opinion/why-wont-hollywood-cast-asian-actors.html
Kong Yick Apartments, Seattle, 1994.
Photograph: Dean Wong
Why Chinatown Still Matters
NYT
May. 16, 2016
https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/
why-chinatown-still-matters/
The author's mother, far left, in 1950
at the curio shop at Doyers and Pell Streets
in Manhattan's Chinatown.
Photograph: Zia Family
My Mother’s Secrets
She thought she was protecting her children
by not telling us her harrowing tale of fleeing China.
NYT
Jan. 19, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/
opinion/sunday/immigrants-china-revolution.htm
A Conversation
With Asians on Race Video
confront stereotypes about their community.
NYT
Apr. 5, 2016 | 7:18
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004308529/
a-conversation-with-asians-on-race.html
USA > Asian-Americans UK /
USA
2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/
books/jenny-tinghui-zhang-four-treasures-of-the-sky.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/
1086739262/screams-and-silence
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/
1086797433/man-arrested-for-the-violent-hate-crime-beating-of-an-asian-woman-in-n-y-police-
2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/
1055733980/sesame-street-makes-history-with-the-debut-of-its-first-asian-american-muppet
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/13/
1045746655/1-in-4-asian-americans-recently-feared-their-household-being-targeted-poll-finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/
magazine/asian-american-identity.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/25/
us/asian-americans.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/
1032875594/shang-chi-review-marvels-1st-asian-superhero
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/21/
us/asians-census-us.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/
magazine/vicha-ratanapakdee.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/
1027236499/anti-asian-hate-crimes-assaults-pandemic-incidents-aapi
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/
1015631075/anti-asian-hate-aapi-candidates-stereotypes-bamboo-ceiling
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/11/
1005099493/comic-director-jon-m-chus-long-journey-from-home-videos-to-in-the-heights
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/
1002170719/unprovoked-a-man-hits-an-asian-woman-in-new-york-city
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/
opinion/asian-american-AAPI-decolonization.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/
999550296/4-u-s-supreme-court-cases-where-asian-americans-fought-for-civil-rights
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/16/
997346466/80-of-asian-americans-say-they-are-discriminated-against
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/16/
997346466/80-of-asian-americans-say-they-are-discriminated-against
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/05/12/
987230404/if-hate-is-a-virus-there-is-no-vaccine-asian-photographers-spoke-out
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/
books/aminder-dhaliwal-cyclopedia-exotica.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/25/
990647008/asian-man-in-critical-condition-after-another-vicious-attack-in-new-york-city
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/
989773400/in-rare-moment-of-bipartisan-unity-senate-approves-asian-american-hate-crimes-bi
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/14/
986827430/on-for-every-voice-that-never-sang-kishi-bashi-is-confident-for-a-changing-world
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/
insider/asian-american-photographers-love.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/
985698836/a-sigh-of-relief-crowdfunded-cab-rides-aim-to-get-asian-americans-home-safe
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/
984789341/why-so-many-asian-americans-are-learning-remotely
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/
985365621/as-asian-americans-seek-safety-from-a-rise-in-attacks-some-look-to-guns
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/
nyregion/anti-asian-attack-midtown-doormen-fired.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/03/
from-colonialism-to-covid-viet-thanh-nguyen-on-the-rise-of-anti-asian-violence
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/03
/983406365/in-response-to-anti-asian-hate-incidents-groups-step-up-trainings-for-bystanders
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/
well/family/asian-american-hate-racism.htm
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/
982745950/attack-on-asian-woman-in-manhattan-as-bystanders-watched-to-be-probed-as-hate-cr
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/
982274384/our-own-people
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/27/
981269559/am-i-asian-enough-adoptees-struggle-to-make-sense-of-spike-in-anti-asian-violenc
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2021/03/27/
981718272/how-vincent-chins-death-gave-others-a-voice
https://www.gocomics.com/robrogers/2021/03/19
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/
opinion/atlanta-shooting-asian-massage.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/
979428612/opinion-the-8-we-lost
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/
technology/personaltech/asian-american-wealth-gap.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/
979356675/how-asian-american-leaders-say-the-biden-administration-can-address-hate
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/
979170481/biden-and-harris-meeting-in-atlanta-with-asian-american-community-leaders
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/
well/family/Talking-to-children-anti-Asian-bias.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/
979170481/biden-and-harris-meeting-in-atlanta-with-asian-american-community-leaders
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978783879/the-u-s-has-a-history-of-linking-disease-with-race-and-ethnicity
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978616852/a-history-of-anti-asian-racism-plus-married-at-first-sight
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/
opinion/atlanta-shooting-massage-sex-work.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/18/
atlanta-spa-shootings-anti-sex-worker-racism-sexism
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978680316/atlanta-spa-shootings-expose-frustration-and-debate-over-hate-crime-label
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978742409/what-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-atlanta-area-shootings
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978730477/biden-orders-u-s-flags-at-half-staff-in-wake-of-atlanta-spa-shootings
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/
nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978438147/on-capitol-hill-asian-american-leaders-to-voice-very-real-fear-in-community
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/17/
978141138/atlanta-shooting-suspect-is-believed-to-have-visited-spas-he-targeted
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/
us/asian-women-victims-atlanta-shootings.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/
us/atlanta-shooting-spa.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/
opinion/asian-american-violence-race.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/
movies/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/
movies/asian-american-cinema.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/
966498602/unpacking-the-surge-in-violence-against-asian-americans
2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/
868978380/for-one-immigrant-community-george-floyds-death-isn-t-just-about-black-and-white
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/
864410824/new-docuseries-show-the-discrimination-faced-by-asian-americans-over-last-150-ye
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/
arts/television/daniel-dae-kim-asian-americans.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/08/
asian-american-coronavirus-geoffrey-mak
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/
movies/the-half-of-it-alice-wu.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/
t-magazine/asian-american-fashion-designers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/
sunday-review/coronavirus-asian-racism.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/27/
822187627/new-site-collects-reports-of-anti-asian-american-sentiment-amid-coronavirus-pand
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/09/
804333918/tracing-a-century-long-tradition-of-chinese-american-film
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/19/
797721961/asian-americans-in-hollywood
2019
https://www.npr.org/2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/
lens/new-york-chinatown-1980s-bud-glick.html
2018
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/27/
constance-wu-interview-crazy-rich-asians-ive-lost-parts-for-being-outspoken
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/
us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html
2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/
magazine/behind-the-cover-8-13-17.html
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/03/
541430130/trump-admin-looking-into-whether-harvard-discriminates-against-asian-americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/
affirmative-action-battle-has-a-new-focus-asian-americans.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/07/31/
538299755/whats-keeping-asian-american-lawyers-from-ascending-the-legal-ranks
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/12/
536468078/nonprofit-helps-californias-asian-american-farmers-grow-their-business
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/18/
467808270/asian-americans-in-hollywood-still-waiting-for-the-spotlight
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/18/
524556485/on-police-treatment-asian-americans-show-ethnic-generational-splits
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/
521128243/at-sxsw-asian-american-musicians-make-a-space-of-their-own
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/23/
516823230/asian-last-names-lead-to-fewer-job-interviews-still
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/17/
515824196/first-ever-tracker-of-hate-crimes-against-asian-americans-launched
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/01/19/
510467679/the-slants-fighting-for-the-right-to-rock-a-racial-slur
2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/
sports/sammy-lee-dies-asian-american-olympic-gold.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/27/
487375314/a-letter-from-young-asian-americans-to-their-families-about-black-lives-matter
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/nyregion/
in-immigration-fight-asians-work-to-be-heard.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/
movies/asian-american-actors-are-fighting-for-visibility-they-will-not-be-ignored.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/23/
475369524/awoken-by-n-y-cop-shooting-asian-american-activists-chart-way-forward
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/
opinion/why-wont-hollywood-cast-asian-actors.html
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/19/
474868385/nypd-officers-sentencing-reignites-debate-among-asian-americans
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/
474373351/in-close-race-unprecedented-push-for-asian-american-voters-comes-to-n-y
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/07/
473416685/for-some-asian-americans-calvin-trillins-chinese-food-poem-is-unappetizing
http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004308529/
a-conversation-with-asians-on-race.html - Apr. 5, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/09/
469706491/asian-american-teens-say-they-lie-to-doctors-about-sex
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/03/
468142028/dont-miss-jay-caspian-kang-on-asian-americans-whiteness-and-peter-liang
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/20/
467468398/cultural-differences-lack-of-resources-impede-asian-american-voter-outreach
2015
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/15/
448840691/how-asian-americans-have-redefined-what-it-means-to-be-american
2008
https://www.npr.org/2008/12/12/
98181005/eastwoods-veteran-turn-in-gran-torino
Americans of South
Asian descent
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/
opinion/after-kansas-shooting-a-community-in-fear.html
South Asian representation
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/09/
1070716507/aladdin-jasmine-shoba-narayan-south-asian-indian
be
discriminated against. (passive )
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/16/
997346466/80-of-asian-americans-say-they-are-discriminated-against
anti-Asian / Asian hate
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/
1027236499/anti-asian-hate-crimes-assaults-pandemic-incidents-aapi
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/
1015631075/anti-asian-hate-aapi-candidates-stereotypes-bamboo-ceiling
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/
books/aminder-dhaliwal-cyclopedia-exotica.html
anti-Asian racism
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/
1086739262/screams-and-silence
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/
979170481/biden-and-harris-meeting-in-atlanta-with-asian-american-community-leaders
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/
979336512/for-asian-american-women-misogyny-and-racism-are-inseparable-sociologist-says
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978616852/a-history-of-anti-asian-racism-plus-married-at-first-sight
anti-Asian violence
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/
magazine/vicha-ratanapakdee.html
March 16, 2021 >
Atlanta spa
shootings UK / USA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/atlanta-spa-shootings
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/
technology/personaltech/asian-american-wealth-gap.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/
979336512/for-asian-american-women-misogyny-and-racism-are-inseparable-sociologist-says
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978616852/a-history-of-anti-asian-racism-plus-married-at-first-sight
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/
opinion/atlanta-shooting-massage-sex-work.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/
opinion/anti-asian-american-violence.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/
us/robert-aaron-long-atlanta-spa-shooting.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/18/
atlanta-spa-shootings-congress-house-biden
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/18/
atlanta-spa-shootings-anti-sex-worker-racism-sexism
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978680316/atlanta-spa-shootings-expose-frustration-and-debate-over-hate-crime-label
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978742409/what-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-atlanta-area-shootings
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978730477/biden-orders-u-s-flags-at-half-staff-in-wake-of-atlanta-spa-shootings
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/
nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/
978438147/on-capitol-hill-asian-american-leaders-to-voice-very-real-fear-in-community
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/17/
978141138/atlanta-shooting-suspect-is-believed-to-have-visited-spas-he-targeted
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/
us/asian-women-victims-atlanta-shootings.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/
us/atlanta-shooting-spa.html
bigotry
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/
opinion/anti-asian-american-violence.html
USA > anti-Asian violence
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/03/
from-colonialism-to-covid-viet-thanh-nguyen-on-the-rise-of-anti-asian-violence
movies > Marvel's 1st Asian superhero
USA
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/
1032875594/shang-chi-review-marvels-1st-asian-superhero
Coronavirus Testing: U.S. Residents
Share Their Woes NYT
17 March 2020
VIDEO
Coronavirus Testing: U.S. Residents Share Their Woes
Video NYT News
The New York Times
17 March 2020
Since March 3,
the Trump administration
has said coronavirus testing is
available to all.
Trump:
"one person coming in from China".
But people across the country
told us that’s not the case.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpLI7BKd_W0
Chinese-Americans
2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/
books/jenny-tinghui-zhang-four-treasures-of-the-sky.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/11/
1091407334/college-podcast-challenge-winner
2021
https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2021/10/22/
1047816103/huang-ruo-del-sol-quartet-volti-angel-island
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jul/15/
five-in-the-bed-chinese-family-new-york-lams-ludlow-street-thomas-holton-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/
1006945496/where-we-come-from-emily-kwongs-story
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/
1000922653/a-daughters-journey-to-reclaim-her-heritage-language
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2021/03/27/
981718272/how-vincent-chins-death-gave-others-a-voice
2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/
us/coronavirus-asian-americans-attacks.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/
opinion/Racism-coronavirus-asians.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/
opinion/sunday/immigrants-china-revolution.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/21/
630619146/a-superstar-in-china-daniel-wu-emerges-in-his-native-california
be a
third generation Chinese American
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/
1006945496/where-we-come-from-emily-kwongs-story
19th century > The Chinese in
California
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/13/
536822541/the-forgotten-chinese-who-built-sonoma-s-wineries
USA >
Japanese-Americans UK / USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/
us/politics/norman-y-mineta-who-served-two-presidents-in-cabinet-dies-at-90.html
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/dec/08/
rising-again-forgotten-japanese-american-photography-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/26/
636107892/some-japanese-americans-wrongfully-imprisoned-during-wwii-oppose-census-question
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/27/
79464410/a-survivors-tale-how-hiroshima-shaped-a-japanese-american-family
Korean-Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/
well/family/Talking-to-children-anti-Asian-bias.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/
movies/minari-review.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/
892974604/one-korean-americans-reckoning
USA > anti-Asian violence
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/03/
from-colonialism-to-covid-viet-thanh-nguyen-on-the-rise-of-anti-asian-violence
2008 > USA >
films / movies > Eastwood's Veteran
Turn In 'Gran Torino'
http://www.npr.org/2008/12/12/
98181005/eastwoods-veteran-turn-in-gran-torino
Mississippi Delta
Two photographers
document
a community of
Chinese-Americans
in the birthplace of
the blues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/
lens/mississippi-delta-chinese-americans.html
The Legacy Of The
Mississippi Delta Chinese
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/18/
519017287/the-legacy-of-the-mississippi-delta-chinese
19th century
Sonoma
Valley
(about an hour north of
San Francisco )
California's wine
industry > Chinese immigrants / laborers / workers
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/13/
536822541/the-forgotten-chinese-who-built-sonoma-s-wineries
Chinatown
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/03/15/
515792846/chinatowns-across-the-country-face-off-with-gentrification
New York’s Chinatown
in the 1980s
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/
lens/new-york-chinatown-1980s-bud-glick.html
be recognized as full-fledged Americans
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/
999550296/4-u-s-supreme-court-cases-where-asian-americans-fought-for-civil-rights
4
U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Where Asian Americans Fought For Civil Rights
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/9
99550296/4-u-s-supreme-court-cases-where-asian-americans-fought-for-civil-rights
Corpus of news articles
USA > Race relations > Asian-Americans
Race in 2028
July 20, 2009
The New York Times
By ROSS DOUTHAT
During last week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Republican senators
kept bringing the conversation back to 2001 — the year when Sonia Sotomayor
delivered the most famous version of her line about how a “wise Latina woman
with the richness of her experiences” might outshine a white male judge.
It was left to a Democratic senator, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, to ask about the
much more interesting year of 2028.
By then, according to recent Supreme Court jurisprudence, some kinds of
affirmative action may no longer be permissible. In 2003, writing for the
majority in Grutter v. Bollinger, Sandra Day O’Connor upheld race-based
discrimination in college admissions ... but only for the current generation.
Such policies “must be limited in time,” she wrote, adding that “the Court
expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be
necessary to further the interest approved today.”
It was a characteristic O’Connor move: unmoored from any high constitutional
principle but not without a certain political shrewdness. In a nation that
aspires to colorblindness, her opinion acknowledged, affirmative action can only
be justified if it comes with a statute of limitations. Allowing reverse
discrimination in the wake of segregation is one thing. Discriminating in the
name of diversity indefinitely is quite another.
It’s doubtful, though, that Sonia Sotomayor shares this view.
“It is firmly my hope, as it was expressed by Justice O’Connor,” she told
Senator Kohl, “that in 25 years, race in our society won’t be needed to be
considered in any situation.”
But O’Connor didn’t hope; she expected. And Sotomayor’s record suggests that
there’s a considerable difference between these postures — that for the nominee,
as for most liberal jurists, as long as racial disparities persist, so too must
racial preferences.
This is the big question underlying both the “wise Latina” contretemps and the
controversy surrounding Sotomayor’s role in Ricci v. DeStefano. Whither
affirmative action in an age of America’s first black president? Will it be
gradually phased out, as the Supreme Court’s conservatives seem to prefer? Or
will it endure well into this century and beyond?
To affirmative action’s defenders, Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings have been
an advertisement for the latter course. Here you have a Hispanic woman being
grilled by a collection of senators who embody, quite literally, the white male
power structure. Her chief Republican interlocutor, Jeff Sessions of Alabama,
even has a history of racially charged remarks.
But the senators are yesterday’s men. The America of Jefferson Beauregard
Sessions III is swiftly giving way to the America of Sonia Maria Sotomayor and
Barack Hussein Obama.
The nation’s largest states, Texas and California, already have “minority”
majorities. By 2023, if current demographic trends continue, nonwhites — black,
Hispanic and Asian — will constitute a majority of Americans under 18. By 2042,
they’ll constitute a national majority. As Hua Hsu noted earlier this year in
The Atlantic, “every child born in the United States from here on out will
belong to the first post-white generation.”
As this generation rises, race-based discrimination needs to go. The explicit
scale-tipping in college admissions should give way to class-based affirmative
action; the de facto racial preferences required of employers by
anti-discrimination law should disappear.
A system designed to ensure the advancement of minorities will tend toward
corruption if it persists for generations, even after the minorities have become
a majority. If affirmative action exists in the America of 2028, it will be as a
spoils system for the already-successful, a patronage machine for politicians —
and a source of permanent grievance among America’s shrinking white population.
You can see this landscape taking shape in academia, where the quest for
diversity is already as likely to benefit the children of high-achieving recent
immigrants as the descendants of slaves. You can see it in the backroom dealing
revealed by Ricci v. DeStefano, where the original decision to deny promotions
to white firefighters was heavily influenced by a local African-American
“kingmaker” with a direct line to New Haven’s mayor. You can hear it in the
resentments gathering on the rightward reaches of the talk-radio dial.
And you can see the outlines of a different, better future in the closing
passages of Barack Obama’s recent address to the N.A.A.C.P., in which the
president presented an insistent vision of black America as the master of its
own fate.
Affirmative action has always been understandable, but never ideal. It
congratulates its practitioners on their virtue, condescends to its
beneficiaries, and corrodes the racial attitudes of its victims.
All of this could be defended as a temporary experiment. But if affirmative
action persists far
into the American future, that experiment will have failed — and we will all have been corrupted by it.
Paul Krugman is off today.
Race in 2028,
NYT,
20.9.2009,
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/
opinion/20douthat.html
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