Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends,
The current “race conscious” college
admissions policy is Anti-affirmative action, as shown in this poignant cartoon.
It requires AsAm students to vastly outperform the whites
for equal opportunity. It took a “two
wrongs make it a right” approach to surreptitiously pass the burden of
correcting “historical injustice” (that the whites committed against the minorities)
onto the silent AsAm community. It is a “white man’s burden” carried by AsAm students.
80-20 stands firmly for equality,
the most fundamental American value.
All people must be judged
by individual merits. In college admissions, individual merits should be broadly defined to include academic qualification necessary for
successful college learning, and personal character strengths such as
perseverance, good work ethic, leadership skills, and individual
initiative to overcome adverse conditions. The last point would help the
true needy but worthy students, rather than wealthy students who happen to have
the right skin colors, as the current race-conscious policy tends to deliver.
Race and ethnicity are immutable
group
characteristics that an individual cannot change, therefore cannot possibly be
a personal merit no matter how broadly defined.
The current race-conscious policy creates resentment and stigmatizes the
so-called beneficiaries. It breeds
cynicism and invites abuse (“Elizabeth Warren”, anyone who have undocumented
1/32 heritage of the right kind?). Worst
of all, it hurts American competitiveness while masking over deep-rooted social
problems, thereby permanently condemning some minority groups it supposed to
help.
“I have a dream”, DO YOU?
“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
More than a generation has passed since Dr. King’s speech,
why is his dream slipping further away all the time?
“The
way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on
the basis of race.” -John Roberts, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States
Dr. King and Chief Justice Roberts
get it. This is why we appeal to the
Supreme Court to reconsider that current race-conscious practice in college
admission.
Do you have the courage to fight for
your basic rights as afforded by the “Equal Protection Clause” of the 14th
Amendment in the US Constitution? Will
you be a proud participant of unfolding history to fulfill your generational
duty to your children and grandchildren?
If
your answer is Yes, Join 80-20 Today.
Or send
your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189,
Cerritos, CA 90703.
Family
membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.
Respectfully,
80-20Collective Leadership
