Who is Perpetuating Racial Discrimination Against AsAm Students?

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends,

The schools are smart, they know the best defense for race conscious policies is to portray all minorities love it.  Vocal AsAm allies create just that impression. 

Watch this AsAm legal counsel for Univ. of Texas (UT) publicly proclaiming “Fisher v. UT Austin” to be without any merit during the critical period the Supreme Court was evaluating whether to take up Fisher’s petition. Fortunately the Supreme Court did NOT listen to him.

http://www.heritage.org/events/2011/12/fisher-v-ut

With “Fisher” moving forward, many AsAm orgs rushed to the schools’ rescues ONCE AGAIN!

They DID it in the past

APALC and its affiliates filed an amicus brief in support of Univ. of Michigan’s race-conscious admissions program in the 2003 Supreme Court case, “Grutter v. Bollinger”, insisting AsAms are “not harmed by” but rather “benefited from” such practice.  Thanks to APALC, the “Grutter” decision opened the flood gate to enhanced race-conscious policies many schools practiced over the last 9 years that your children and grand-children currently enjoy:  UT Austin announced on the VERY SAME DAY of the “Grutter” decision that it would RE-INTRODUCE race/ethnicity into college admission, which led to the current “Fisher v. UT Austin” case.  When the “Fisher” case was at the US Fifth Circuit court in 2010, APALC and its affiliates promptly filed an amicus brief again, ensuring the upholding of “race conscious” policy which has now reached the Supreme Court.

Emboldened by “Grutter”, AALDEF and its affiliates filed an amicus brief to extend race-conscious admissions policy into K-12 education.  In the 2007 Supreme Court cases “Parents v. Seattle School District” and “Meredith v. Jefferson”, they argued for the school districts’ racial balancing plan.  Under such a policy, a student could be bused to other school districts if the school across the street reached the predetermined racial quota.  Imagine the agony of AsAm parents who literally sacrificed everything to move into a good school district only to find that their children really need to “benefit from” forced racial integration into a bad school district.

Now they are doing it AGAIN

APALC and AALDEF have publicly announced they will file an amicus brief YET AGAIN at the Supreme Court (August 13^th deadline).  If they are as successful as they have been in the past, you can be rest assured that your children and grand-children will “benefit from” the race conscious college admissions policy for the next quarter century.

In preparation, AALDEF issued a press release on June 25 titled “The Majority of AsAms Support Race-Conscious Admissions Policies”, aimed specifically to discredit 80-20EF’s historic open & neutral survey of 50,000 people showing overwhelming AsAm support for race-neutral, merit-based college admissions.

Our response is simple: Why don’t we work together to conduct a large-scale AsAms survey specifically on college admissions, designed by professionals, monitored by neutral third parties, and open to all AsAms, to find out who is lying?

If you disagree with the APALC and AALDEF stance, please let them know their upcoming amicus brief will do immeasurable harm to AsAm interests, especially if it creates the impression “The Majority of AsAms Support Race-Conscious Admissions Policies”, as AALDEF publicly proclaimed.

Stewart Kwoh (skwoh@apalc.org), Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Margaret Fung (info@aaldef.org), Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund

It takes courage to challenge the status quo and defend our core interest.  Your silence has been interpreted by APALC and AALDEF, and maybe by the Supreme Court, as “the silent majority” supporting the current policy, a perfect recipe to ensure your children and grandchildren would continue to “benefit from” the race-conscious policy for the next quarter century.

Will you do your part to support 80-20 in this ferocious battle for equality?  The future of your children is in your hands.

Join 80-20 Today.  Go to  http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp

Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189,  Cerritos,  CA 90703.

Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.

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Respectfully,

80-20Collective Leadership

Celebrate July 4th with a Flag!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends,

Celebrate July 4^th with a Flag!

On July 4^th, help celebrate the founding of a great nation, OUR NATION, the United States of America, by displaying a flag at your home.  Legality aside, the essence of citizenship is the pride of ownership.  It means we owe our primary allegiance to the USA while celebrating the vitality of our ethnic communities and preserving our cherished cultural heritages.  It means we stand up and fight for our rights as full-fledged citizens.  It means we are equal partners in making this great nation a more perfect union.  But are we?

AsAms must shatter the “perpetual foreigner” image before we can become first-class citizens.

Don’t just blame others for bias: Are you behaving like a citizen? No amount of enlightenment by others would help if you think, talk and act like a refugee in a foreign land.  As the proverb put it well, “If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it is a duck.”

“Refugee mentality” is a state of mind that makes you a foreigner regardless of your citizenship status.

It affects a person’s conduct, yet has nothing to do with his education attainment, professional development, family income or wealth.  Many “model minority” individuals, suffer the same “refugee mentality” as would a destitute, despite being in the top 10% income bracket and living in suburban McMansions:  Constant insecurity about job and financial well-being, exclusive focus on immediate family needs, look at everything from a “what’s in it for me” perspective, don’t give away anything to anyone, don’t care or get involved in the community, don’t dare to defend own rightful interests lest it would step on toes and cause a backlash, and above all, avoid “dirty” politics like the plague.  Then look around and wonder why are we looked upon as perpetual foreigners, why our children face the highest bar to college, and why our adults face the lowest ceiling?

Look around your friends and look at yourself.  Look no further:

“First-class citizenship” is an ideal that germinates in your heart and emanates through your actions.

The change is in you!

80-20 toils to plant the seeds for a better and stronger AsAm community, support us by paying your membership dues and help spread the words.

Join 80-20 Today.  Go to  http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp

Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189,  Cerritos,  CA 90703.

Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.

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Respectfully,

80-20Collective Leadership

Acknowledgements:

Pedro Chan, California, life member, $1000

Tiepeng Zhou, New Jersey, $405

WSU Settled $650,000 Lawsuit with AsAms Employees

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends, 

Are you being treated fairly at work or school? Do you know someone being discriminated due to their ethnicity? Forward this to your colleagues and administrators.

Washington State University (WSU) just settled a race-discrimination lawsuit brought by two Chinese American employees who are husband and wife.* Their lab supervisor subjected them to overt racial discrimination for years, including forbidding them to speak Mandarin to each other during breaks. When they complained, their supervisor retaliated by excluding them from work routines; among other punishments. Severe consequences ensued for their employer ONLY because the victims spoke up.

As a direct result of their courageous stand against discrimination:

o WSU settled for $650K.
o WSU settled with US EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) with campus-wide mandatory anti-discrimination training.
o The supervisor was fired.

Do you see parallel to the battles we are fighting for?

o In the "Land of the Free and the Brave", silent suffering, an "Asian value", is detrimental!
o "When in Rome, do what the Romans do". We no longer live under the authoritarian governments that many of us originally came from. Use the powerful legal and civil resources this country has to offer.
o When and ONLY WHEN you stand up for your rightful interest, can you get the equality and justice you deserve.

80-20 is the National Asian American PAC that is toiling to build a better tomorrow for all AsAms.

We are blessed to live in such a great nation where civil organizations can greatly influence the formulation, interpretation and the enforcement of laws and regulations, especially in the area of "equal protection" and "equal opportunity".

Rome was not built in one day! Support us by paying your membership dues and help spread the words. Together, we shall overcome.


Join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp

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80-20 Collective Leadership

* http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/WSU-to-pay-650K-to-settle-lawsuit-3610591.php

Come Support Your Favorite Presidential Candidates!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends,

80-20 will hold its Endorsement Convention (EC) on Sunday August 26, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Who will we endorse?  It will be fiercely debated and decided by 33 delegates, comprised of 11 Democrats, 11Republicans, and 11 Independents.

Who can be a delegate?  Any current dues-paying member can run for delegate, our 3000+ members will vote to elect the most qualified candidates.

Will I be reimbursed for my travel expenses?  No!  Show your spirit of community service.  We are a volunteer organization that focuses limited funding on important projects (such as college admission).  Our board members and officers know all along that to service is to sacrifice your own money and precious family time, and expect nothing in return.

Then why should I bother?  Show the courage of your conviction to make your voices heard.  Our community has more than our share of whiners, critics, do-nothingers who are never happy with anything other people do.  Why don’t YOU come and change things for the better?

Why Bloc Vote?

“In business as in life, you do not get what you deserve; you get what you negotiate.”  Bloc vote is a proven collective bargaining tool which is the namesake of “80-20”

Only via the power of a bloc vote can a small minority like AsAm make a decisive difference in the outcome of elections, and hence motivate politicians to court our votes by offering favorable legislation and other initiatives that address the long neglected needs and concerns of our community.

If you know other orgs who are more dedicated, effective, and transparent in building a better tomorrow for all AsAms, please join them.  Otherwise, support us by paying your membership dues and help spread the words.

Join 80-20 Today.  Go to  http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp

Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189,  Cerritos,  CA 90703.

Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.

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Respectfully,

80-20     Collective Leadership

Too Smart!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends,

Our Amicus brief has generated a storm of mainstream media coverage and elevated the plight of AsAm students into a central argument in the main Fisher brief to the Supreme Court

When we launched the College Survey, many were skeptical, wondering aloud on-line:

o "Something that takes just a minute CANNOT be good or effective."
o "It's a joke! Don't waste your time!"
o "Since when does the Supreme Court care about AsAm opinions?"

Many smart people talked themselves and their friends into DOING NOTHING, not a minute to waste for the community, thus make true of a self-fulfilling fallacy that we are voiceless and powerless. We salute the 50,000+ who stepped forward to get their voices heard. They are our heroes regardless of whether they are FOR or AGAINST the 80-20 position!

80-20 poured in thousands hours into the preparation so that you can be effective by spending just a minute.

o Early 2011: Background research and internal deliberation
o Dec 2011: Board vote, survey preparation, AsAm college data compilation
o Feb 2012: Worked with award-winning journalists to put the AsAm data into the national media in an effort to induce the Supreme Court to take up the case
o Mar 2012: Rolled out the historical survey upon the Supreme Court decision, and firmly documented that AsAms prefer race-neutral with a 52:1 ratio to guard against imposters who would claim they represent you to the contrary.
o Mar 2012: Identified experienced constitutional lawyer to not only write our brief but also to incorporate the AsAm plight into the main Fisher brief.
o Apr 2012: Identified Jewish partner to establish the historical perspective on how the harm of discrimination flows from one community to the other without remedial purpose.
o May 2012: Filed the brief, held a press conference in the Nat'l Press Club in D.C. to generate media blitz and launched a campaign in public opinions.

The hardest battle is not in the Court; it is in your heart.

We Asian Americans tend to outsmart ourselves into DOING NOTHING except for our immediate families.

o Through our apathy, we consent our youth to face much higher barrier than others.
o Through our apathy, we consent others to claim we all support "race conscious" policy.
o Through our apathy, we let the lonely voice of 80-20 to wither.

No longer can we afford the apathy and "suffer-in-silence" tendency of the past. To do so is to shirk our personal responsibility and actively lay the groundwork for continued discrimination and harm, and shackle the future for our children.

80-20 is toiling to build up our community through the proven process of political involvement.

Our success or failure is in your hand. Will you support us by paying your membership dues and help spread the words?

The miracle is in your heart!


Please join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
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,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership


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Are you with David or Goliath?

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and Friends,

80-20 Filed Supreme Court Brief on May 29th, the plaintiff-side deadline. http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/pdf/amicus-brief.pdf

The battle is NOT won. We face formidable opponents with unlimited resources. UT Austin paid $977,000 to retain Latham & Watkins LLP, a 2,000-lawyer firm with 31 offices who successfully defended the 2003 Grutter case, which in turn leads to the current  case: Fisher vs. UT Austin. There is no doubt L&W will coordinate dozens of Amicus briefs vigorously defending the current race-
conscious policy, and the briefs will include some AsAm groups who are determined to ensure you and your children would enjoy the status quo for another 20 years.

FIVE AsAm groups have announced they will file Amicus briefs to support the race-conscious policy:

o The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) (Margaret Fung, info@aaldef.org)
o Asian American Institute (AAI),
o Asian American Justice Center (AAJC),
o Asian Law Caucus (ALC), and
o Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)

We are in an uphill battle like David v. Goliath (the Jewish boy v. the Philistine Giant), only with a twist: Imagining some Jews block David's path, argue that Goliath may well be their best friend. Furthermore, they contend they represent all Jews. Can David still win?

A house divided cannot stand. The Supreme Court may well believe the silent 15 million AsAms largely support the race-conscious policy, as these AsAm groups contend. Many other AsAm groups may join these five before the end of August deadline for the defendant (UT Austin) side.


The burden to fight for the interest of 15 million AsAms cannot rest only on the shoulders of 3000+ dues-paying 80-20 members. We may fail precisely because your silence emboldens these AsAm groups to fight against your interest with impunity. You can make a difference. Join 80-20 Today!


Please join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
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,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership



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Hepatitis Awareness That Saves Lives

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and other Friends,

May is both API Heritage Month and Hepatitis Awareness Month.  The dual observances bring attention to a problem disproportionately affecting Asian Americans:

• AsAms are 5% the US population but 50% the estimated 1.2 million Americans living with chronic hepatitis B virus.
• 1 in 12 AsAms are infected; ~15-40% of those could develop liver cirrhosis or cancer.
• Most infected don’t know, because it can go decades without symptoms.
• Long latency period can put your loved ones at risk, transmitting the disease to spouse and young children.
• Vaccine is available, and has cut new infection by 95% since 1990.
• Early diagnosis saves lives and protects health. 

More information:

• http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Populations/api.htm
• http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=8803&lvl=3&lvlid=573

 80-20 disseminates these vital statistics as a service to our community.  Serious health issues such as Hep B, as well as other issues of particular importance to AsAms, will not get the priority, attention and funding that they deserve without us FIRST acquiring political clout by acting in unity and vote as a bloc.  Only via the power of a bloc vote can a small minority like us make a decisive difference in the outcome of elections – and hence motivate politicians to court our votes by offering favorable legislation and other initiatives that address the long neglected needs of our community.

80-20 seeks to be a powerful catalyst for positive changes to our community.  We are only as strong as your support.  Please do your part to become dues-paying members!

Join 80-20 Today.  Go to  http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp

Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189, Cerritos,  CA 90703.

Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.

Please see us on facebook at: www.facebook.com/8020PAC 

Respectfully,

80-20 Collective Leadership

Do your part to get us heard at the Supreme Court!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and other Friends,

Have you ever known an Asian Am. organization that is as gutsy and faithful as 80-20 in serving your interest???

Or are we simply delusional? The single person, who anonymously posted ~40 negative messages on the EF blog, claimed the silent 15 million AsAms are with him, secretly longing for race conscious college admissions. 50,000+ survey participants DO NOT count, he demanded, stop representing AsAms. His view, through his allies, would be registered with the Supreme Court as the voice of the AsAms if 80-20 does not file our brief advocating "race-neutral, merit-based" college admission. Do you now understand why AsAm interests are often short changed? The May 28 filing deadline is looming, are you willing to do your part? We can fight for your interest because we are financially supported directly by individuals like you. We do not take outside funding that can cloud our judgment.


Tell us you support our Amicus brief at the Supreme Court by joining 80-20 as dues-paying members, or tell us to stop.

Please join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189, Cerritos, CA 90703
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Respectfully,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership

Don’t Donate to Either Party Yet

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and other Friends,

Don't give $$$ to any presidential candidates yet. Wait till 80-20 has endorsed one of the two. When we act as a bloc, we'll have political clout, i.e. our voice listened to!

Jewish Americans are very effective because they can swing 8:2 bloc votes specific to candidates and issues.  Their population is only 40% of that of Asian Americans, or 2% of the general population. Result: Their voice is heard loud and clear. Why are we still a pile of sand?

80-20 will hold the politicians accountable through a written and enforceable pledge to our community (*More details below). http://www.80-20initiative.net/news/preselect2012_questionaire.asp

We multiplied our political clout through our Doubling Champaign last year. Will you help sustain the momentum by renewing or upgrading your 80-20 membership?

Please join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189, Cerritos, CA 90703
Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.



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Respectfully,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership


* For the candidates, the winning formula is to harvest what is in abundance (the Poor's votes and the Rich's money) and do so with the least liability (commitment). A core mission of 80-20 is to hold them accountable to our community through a carrot and stick approach. As early as a decade ago, 80-20 was rated as the 2nd most effective cyber organization by "Click on Democracy", a book written by three non-Asian Am authors
http://www.amazon.com/Click-On-Democracy-Internets-Political/dp/0813340055

Here is how it worked in 2008: We asked each candidate to commit in writing to an enforceable list of Asian American concerns. Initially none responded. However, we induced Clinton to pledge ALL YES to our questionnaire when she is under pressure from Obama. We issued a call for action to defeat Obama which induced Obama to pledge his support to our community. We then campaigned for Obama to defect McCain who never answered seriously. Check out the approach and Obama's delivery records at
www.80-20initiative.net/news/preselect2008.asp

In the 2012, neither Romney nor Obama has answered our updated questionnaire, are you going to reward them with your donation or votes? Do you negotiate before shopping or after you have already paid?

“The Year I Became a Minority”

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and other Friends, 

Large racial preferences induce insurmountable academic mismatch, degrading the quality of classroom instruction, hurting everyone including its intended beneficiaries. Esther Cepeda, a Hispanic writer, shared her bewildering experience of "becoming a minority" at Northwestern University in her 2012-03-01 Chicago Tribune article "The Year I Became a Minority"


Coming "from a diverse public college preparatory school and attended an equally diverse public university where no one ever felt anyone else got in because of affirmative action", she thought she earned a full-ride scholarship to the prestigious graduate program through her "strong undergraduate performance", only to find out the harsh realities:

o All of a sudden, she "formally became a minority". "In all my classes I was the official Hispanic, routinely called upon to enlighten my white classmates about  Latino consumers' struggles in the barrio with English language acquisition, gangs, and discrimination – none of which I'd ever had any experience with".
o "I was not academically equal to my peers and woefully unprepared for the math-heavy statistical analysis needed to complete the basic courses in data mining. My low first-quarter grades put me on academic probation and I later ended up leaving school never having gotten that graduate degree"
o "The well-meaning admissions people who thought that I'd find a way to succeed academically were, as it turns out, a little too sunny about my potential, and I left with serious bruises on my psyche and ego. But it was painful preparation for the "real world" because since then I've not held a job — in teaching, government or journalism — where someone didn't imply, or flat out declare, that I got it just for being Hispanic."


Is Ms Cepeda being helped by the race conscious admission? No! Racial preferences lured her away from what could have been a very successful graduate career had she been placed in a good (but not the most competitive) graduate program commensurating with her pretty good (but not the top) qualifications. Racial preferences also hurt America's competitiveness by turning away the most qualified students, resulting in heartbreaking stories of the opposite kinds.

"One of the principal reasons race is treated as a forbidden classification is that it demeans the dignity and worth of a person to be judged by ancestry instead of his or her own merit and essential qualities." Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495, 517 (2000)

We will try our ultimate best to influence the Supreme Court case, and other issues of Asian American concern. We are able to advocate for the As Am community because we do NOT take grants from the schools or the government. However, an operation of this scale costs money.

Will you support us by joining 80-20 or upgrading your membership TODAY?
Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189, Cerritos, CA 90703
Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.


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Respectfully,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership

Support OCA-NY’s Petition to Bring the Danny Chen Case to US Soil

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and other Friends,

One for all, all for one!

Private Danny Chen was a patriotic American who joined the US military to serve his country and was deployed to Afghanistan. He died in murky circumstance from non-combat injuries (gunshot wound) after suffering daily humiliations and racial abuses by his supervisors for six weeks. These people have been charged but the most serious charges were recommended to be dropped. OCA-NY launched a petition campaign to request the military to move the secret Court Martials from Afghanistan to the US soil so that the evident against the defendants can be accessed by the Asian American stakeholders to prevent whitewashing. The 80-20 board passed a unanimous resolution to support the OCA-NY petition drive to maximize the chance that justice can be served. Asian American unity is of ultimate importance.

Please sign OCA-NY petition at
http://www.oca-ny.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166:petition-for-court-martials-in-the-united-states-for-the-death-of-private-danny-chen&catid=54:active-petitions&Itemid=79

Will you help Danny?


80-20's own 12000 Danny Chen petition list is open for preview. Please find your own names (sorted by Last and First Names) at:

http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/projects/danny-chen-petition-sort-last-name.asp

We will coordinate and submit to Pres. Obama at an opportune time.


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On a separate matter, 80-20 EF College Survey data is being processed. After 3000+ duplicate removal, the total distinct individuals dropped below 50000. Need 1200 more votes from people who have NOT yet voted. Will you help by urging your spouse, children, parents, friends, colleagues to VOTE TODAY.

http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no

Do you like your names in the official record of the Supreme Court brief and permanently displayed in the 80-20 website (coming soon)? One day, you can show the list to your children and grandchildren that your action in 2012 made a difference in their future.

Apathy is a disease we must overcome before we can be first class citizen. We salute all who had shown their courage of conviction, no matter whether you are FOR or AGAINST the 80-20's position of race-neutral merit-based college admissions. You are actors in unfolding Asian American history, whereas others are just mere audience. To those ultimate skeptics in the audience who never does or believe in anything, we have this to say:

"Failure is not the outcome. Failure is NOT trying." -Sara Blakely.

We will try our ultimate best to influence the Supreme Court case, and other issues of Asian American concern. Will you help us sustain the fight?

Please join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
Or send your check to: 80-20 PAC, 13337 South St. #189, Cerritos, CA 90703
Family membership is $50 (two), individual $35, student $15.


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Respectfully,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership

PISA Report, “an Absolute Wake-Up Call for America”

Dear Fellow Asian Americans and other Friends,

We are only 2061 people away from the 50,000 minimum survey goal. Will YOU help make it
happen? Urge your spouse, children, parents, friends, colleagues to VOTE NOW. Talk to
your friends outside your ethnic group. This Monday, a Chinese American sent the survey
link to an Indian American friend, all of a sudden, ~50 Indian Americans from the same
company voted!

http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no
Do your part to improve our destiny and Help America! Why?

Why is America Losing Competitiveness?

In the 2009 PISA [1] report, the US secondary school students ranked 30th in math, 23th in
Science and 17th in Reading, behind the majority of the developed nations. The companion
NAEP [1] study found only 6% of US students competent in Advanced Math, as compared
to 28% in Taiwan. The highest ranked US state (Massachusetts) was just 17th in the world
rankings. US Education Secretary Arne Duncan called the data "An Absolute Wake-up
Call for America."

However, the US is also distinguished in several areas: We have the highest level of self-
confidence, based on…well, self-confidence. We believe no standardized test matters and
that everyone is a winner. We may well be the only developed nation who cares about the
skin colors in college admissions.

One day, we would wake up and found the emperor has no cloth. It would be too late. Let's
face it: The crop of US secondary school students is not distinguished in anyway by any
international standard, and we do not want the brightest and the most prepared among those
to enter the best colleges for the sake of "political correctness"? Is America losing
competitiveness? Why bother to ask if we are content with a college admission process that
rewards mediocrity and punishes excellence?

Keep heading down, until you find the United States in the list.

Then take the Survey to challenge the status quo, and fulfill your patriotic duty to our great
nation.
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no



We are able to push the fight to the Supreme Court because we do not take grants or financial
interests from either the government or any school. Do you wonder why so many other

organizations are silent on this is 5959 sue when the Asian American opinion is so clear? Will you

help us sustain the fight?

Please join 80-20 TODAY. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp
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,

The 80-20 Collective Leadership


References:

[1] Wikipedia on PISA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide evaluation of
15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance. The mathematics literacy test asks
students to apply their mathematical knowledge to solve problems set in various real-world
contexts. The reading test asks students to "construct, extend and reflect on the meaning of
what they have read across a wide range of continuous and non-continuous texts". A
companion program by National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assess each
individual states in the US and their students competency level against the international competitions. The test director, Andreas Schleicher, said that the results "refute the
commonly held hypothesis that China just produces rote learning" and "Large fractions of
these students demonstrate their ability to extrapolate from what they know and apply their
knowledge very creatively in novel situations."

[2] Official PISA Website
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/document/58/0,2340,en_32252351_32236159_33688954_1_1_1_1,00.html

Becoming “the New Jews”? A Historical Perspective on “Diversity”

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

46,301 people have voted in the 80-20 EF Survey. Will your vote send it to across the 50,000
minimum to show the INTENSITY of your concerns to the Supreme Court? YOU can do it by
ensuring your spouse, youths, parents, friends, and colleagues all VOTE.
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Asian Americans, "the New Jews"? A Historical Perspective on "Diversity"

After repeated failures at the Court, "racial balancing" proponents rephrased it into an ostensibly
well-intentioned "diversity" program, to be forcefully implemented through "racial preferences".
After all, how can anyone be against "diversity"?

However, even an ardent supporter of "racial preferences" such as Kevin Carey found the current
practice troubling: "Elite colleges too often meet their diversity goals by enrolling minority
students from privileged backgrounds while offering few spots to poor students of any kind.
Meanwhile, some appear to have dusted off their "don't admit too many Jews" playbooks
from the 1920s in order to limit Asian enrollment, AGAIN on the grounds of "diversity,"
since, to the white people who run things in this country, people of Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Cambodian, Thai, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Filipino, and various other origins apparently all kind
of seem the same."

"Academically outstanding", "economically successful", "politically inactive", "socially
awkward", "meek" "invisible" "not well rounded". Are we talking about Asian stereotype? No,
these are the same descriptions heaped on the Jews 90 years ago to limit Jewish college
enrollment. Indeed Asian Americans has become "the New Jews" [1].

A comparison between Jewish and Asian Americans in higher education offers some historical
perspectives that the high ideal of "diversity" was often used as a pretense to further not-so-lofty
institutional objectives. From 1900-1950, academically proficient Jewish students were
considered a "problem" by the elite schools, and their population had to be kept at ~10% through
the application of "geographic diversification" policy [2]. Today, through their political
activism, Jewish students are no longer classified as a minority, and are allowed to compete on a
merit basis. Currently, ~25% of the students in some elite schools are Jewish [3] out of a total

Jewish American population of 6 million. In a26 contrast, ~17% of the students in the elite schools

are Asian [4], out of a total Asian American population of 15 million. Asian Americans are a
minority, whose percentage has been rather consistently managed to be below ~20% through the
application of a "racial diversification" policy. The irony is that the higher presence of Jewish
students does not appear to diminish campus diversity.

The Jewish example is a good template for two reasons: (1) All people should be allowed to
compete based on broadly-defined individual merits, without harmful effect to "diversity". (2)
Group status could only be improved through political activism. By taking the 80-20 EF survey
and bringing the issue to the Supreme Court, we are writing history together!
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no


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References:

[1] "The Price of Admission", by D. Golden (Three River Press, 2006), "the New Jews" are covered in Chapter 7.
[2] "The Chosen, the Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale and Princeton" by J. Karabel
(Mariner Books, 2006), "the Jewish Problem" are covered in Chapters 3 & 4.
[3] http://www.hillel.org/index, % of Jewish students in some Ivy League school are: Columbia 30%, Yale 27%, Harvard
25%, U Penn 25% Cornell 23%, and Brown 22%.
[4] "Do colleges Redline Asian-Americans" by Kara Miller, Boston Globe, Feb 8, 2010.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/02/08/do_colleges_redline_asian_americans/

A 450 Point SAT Gap: Large Racial Preferences Hurt All College Applicants, Including the Intended Beneficiaries

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

41,483 people have shown the courage of their conviction by taking the 80-20 EF Survey. We
need 9,000 more votes to show the INTENSITY of your concerns. A 50,000 total would
impress the Supreme Court, as few issues in the US can mobilize an equivalent 1 million people
when projected to the general population (of which Asian Americans are 5%)
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no

Send it across the finish line. YOU can do it by ensuring your spouse, youths, parents, friends,
and colleagues all VOTE. (Permanent residents and citizens only)

Take the Survey NOW! Do Your Part to Improve our Destiny.

Is the racial preferences in college admission merely a "tie breaker", a "nudge factor",
and "one in many" consideration?

The "National Study of College Experience" (NSCE) project conducted over 9000 student
interviews. Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade performed rigorous regression analysis on
the vast NSCE database and released the empirical findings in his 2009 book [1], which was
widely cited by the news media: To receive equal consideration by elite colleges, Asian
Americans must outperform Whites by 140 points, Hispanics by 280 points, Blacks by 450
points in SAT (Total 1600). The result is not a simplistic test score comparison: The
differences have been controlled for other variables such as sex, citizenship, athlete and legacy
status, # of AP tests and SAT II test, GPA, class rank, National merit scholar status, and high
school type.



We believe college admission policy should reflect the common American ideal of Equal
Opportunity, afforded to every individual through the "Equal Protection Clause" in the 14th
Amendment of the US Constitution. The admission policy should not discriminate against any
group of people for innate collective characteristics, such as race and ethnicity, which an
individual can NOT change. Instead, it should be firmly based on individual merit, which is to
be broadly defined to include academic qualifications necessary for successful college learning,
and personal character strengths such as perseverance, hardworking ethic, leadership skills, and
individual initiative to overcome adverse conditions, such as those imposed by socioeconomic
status.

Race, ethnicity and national origin ar daf e PROTECTED categories in the US constitution, for good
reasons. In a job interview, if you ask a candidate's race, you could be sued and your company
could be investigated for racial discrimination under the "Equal Protection Clause". Why is
college admission so different? Not only the race question MUST be asked, you MUST answer
(or your last name would be Googled to determine your race), and your answer MUST be used
as the basis for differential treatment. Is this not institutionalized reverse discrimination?

Furthermore, large racial preferences also hurt the intended beneficiaries. It imposes an
"academic mismatch" among the admitted students, reducing the efficiency and quality of
classroom instruction to all students, and leading to academically weaker students to self-
segregate into less challenging classes, thereby reducing classroom diversity [2]. The US Civil
Right Commission issued a 2010 report about the disconcerting role of racial preferences played
in undermining minority graduation in science and engineering programs [3]. In professions
where universal qualification exams are required, such as legal service, higher numbers of
"racially preferred" students entering the law schools did not lead to an increased numbers of
"racially preferred" lawyers because of the high attrition rate [4]. Large racial preferences
were also found to hurt the minority pipeline to academia [5].

It is time to do what every other developed nation does, which is NOT to even ask
the race question in college application.


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References

[1] "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and
Campus Life" by Thomas Espenshade (Princeton University Press, 2009)
[2] "The Role of Ethnicity in Choosing and Leaving Science in Highly Selective Institutions", R.
Elliott et. al. 37 Research in Higher Education 681 (1996)
[3] "Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Careers", US Commission on Civil Rights, Briefing Report, Oct 2010.
[4] "Are Black/White Disparities in Graduation and Passing the Bar Getting Worse, or Better?"
by R. Sander. http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/2006/09/ sander_2_black_.html
[5] "The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority Students" (Harvard University Press
2003)

Restore the Dignity of Your Asian Names: 35481 voted!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

35481 Asian Americans have spoken in 10 days, voted 31:1 FOR a race-neutral, merit-based college admission. Please mobilize your friends to take this 80-20 EF SURVEY, projecting your voice to the Supreme Court! http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no

80-20 will advocate YOUR choice to the Supreme Court and elected officials.

Inaction will prolong the sad reality outlined below. If each forward and get ten more people to vote, we will prevail.

Why care? Ask which world do you prefer to live in?

o The high ideal
"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.

o The harsh college reality
"I had a 3.7 undergraduate GPA. As an Asian I didn't qualify for loans or grants as I was not an 'under-rep' minority so worked 3 jobs to get through school. One of them was to tutor 'under-rep' minorities that usually had GPA in the 1's and 2's and had an overall graduation rate of 30%. Just lowering the bar to absolute rock bottom to meet diversity quotas is absolutely, positively absurd. …. Fix the problem in K-12 because it's pointless by college." -BrandonH, St. Louis

Currently, the prevailing college admission policy artificially places highly qualified Asian Am. applicants to compete against each other rather than against the general pool of all applicants, instilling such a fear that many Asian Americans hide their own racial identity in application. Will we survive as a minority if our youths feel that way? If we don't fight back, the status quo will remain.


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Announcement:

Four noble individuals have joined as our newest life members, we are honored to have you.
Larry Shen & Sally Wu, San Diego, CA $1500
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5700 people of all races commented on 'Some Asian's College Strategy: Don't check "Asian"'

o "I used to be a faculty representative on a college admissions committee and when students either didn't mark a racial category or marked "other" or "decline to state", I saw admissions officers Google the surnames and then write an ethnic identify in pencil on the non-compliant applicant form. The committee then divided the applicants into piles for quotas based on the affirmative action goals. The point was always made that the percentage of each racial/ethnic group must mirror the percentage in "the community." Political correctness has ruined high education in this country, provided degrees to young people who can't read, write, and do arithmetic; and denied admission to hundreds of people"

o "Rewarding mediocrity in the US for whatever reason has allowed other countries to catch up."

o "Why doesn't the NBA do this to make sure there are enough white and Latino and Asian players?"

o "Asians are not smarter, they just have parents who hold them to high standards, read to them instead of using the TV as a babysitter when they were young, and encourage them to learn."

o "I am from Canada. I don't remember seeing any race boxes on our college/university application forms. America is so obsessed with race."

o "I live in Europe, and not one question on our letters of application for colleges asked for race."

o "Asians who are stereotyped as boring academic robots...."

o "Compete, by improving yourself, not by tearing others down!"

o "If the United States is a melting pot why is it necessary to identify each ingredient? "

o "The irony is that the progressives of yesterday have left us with a legacy of oppression."

o "Asians are unfortunately, too much of a minority to be a politically correct minority."

o "I checked the Asian box once applying to UIUC champaign IL and it was the biggest mistake of my life."

o "True diversity: celebrating the differences instead of equalizing everything."

o "In the name of "diversity" and feel-good "multiculturalism," universities are watering down
standards by imposing what is effectively a race-based quota system for admissions."

o "Affirmative is just #$%$ - I am black and very good in my job…People are always going to
wonder if I got my position because of race, and it's very frustrating. Let's all get rid race in..."

o "I consented to my daughter using my ex-wife's family surname so she could claim to be
Hispanic. Says a lot about the sad state of America."

o "Asians excel academically and economically because they have not adopted the "group
victimhood" mentality"

o "I'm half Puerto Rican and half Irish-German. My college adviser told me to only check the
Hispanic box"

o "Martin Luther King and civil rights movement argued only for equality, not special rights."

o "I'm black and I'd be mad as heck if another brotha or sista whose scores weren't up to par but
was accepted to a top notch school instead of the student ( white, asian or whatever) who busted
their tail and worked hard..."

o "What about the old complaint that the SAT is designed favorably toward white students?"

o "Some of those same schools tried to limit us Jews in the past. So more of us changed our
names... Asians often have surnames with some ancestral significance and it would be a shame
for them to resort to the same thing."

o "How dare some people do better than others! - America - no longer believes in equal rights-
but strongly believes in equal outcome- despite effort and ability."

o "Sometimes I feel like I got into the program by the fact that they need diversity. Well I guess
that's how the professor made me feel all the time."

o "I'm half Spanish/Filipino so I checked 'Hispanic' instead of 'Asian/Pacific Islander.' Why
compete with other Asians when I can be a grossly underrepresented … Hispanic?"

o "So what do I do if I'm 100% Asian? 100% screwed?"

o "…Some minorities are more equal than others."

o "Stop dumbing down America."

o "Education, ultimately, should free us from all forms of discrimination...but when educators
does it?... help!!!!"

o "…institutionalized reverse racism"

o "Education in this country is not about education, but politics. We undermine our own best,
and then we wonder why we are losing our competitive edge in the world."

o "African Americans…we are bullied by the losers in our families and community who want
to keep us down at their level by saying being smart is trying to be white or "the white man
ain't gonna let you get ahead anyway."

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New Medical School Admissions Data, “Not a Chinaman's chance" in 21th Century

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

Speak up! Take this SURVEY by 80-20 Education Foundation to project your voice to the
Supreme Court! Pass the words.
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80-20 will present the result to the Supreme Court and elected officials to advocate YOUR
choice. 7000 Asian Americans have spoken in 2 days, voted 39:1 FOR a race-neutral,
merit-based college admission.

Why care?

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has just released the 2009-2011 data.


The MAGNITUDE of racial preferences in medical schools admission is jarringly apparent:
For applicants with the average GPA and MCAT scores, Asian Americans will get 1/3rd the
chance of comparable blacks. The ratio drops to 1/8th if you are below average. You will get a
proverbial "Chinaman's chance" of success, which is a 19th century notion carrying all the way
into the 21th century, thanks to our collective inaction.

The schools call this "a celebration of diversity" and describe the use of racial preferences as "a
nudge factor" or "a tie breaker". Does the data support the claim? As Chief Justice John
Roberts wrote in 2007, "Racial balancing is not transformed from 'patently unconstitutional'
to a compelling state interest simply by relabeling it "racial diversity'". Asian Americans
should not be shoved into a rotten deal with neither our consent nor the benefit of
QUANTITATIVE data showing the magnitude of the problem. Let's call a spade a spade before
an honest debate can start.

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Jeremy Lin’s Fortune Cookie, a Reflection on Asian Stereotype

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

Jeremy Lin, the undrafted, unheralded, twice-cut player, has just set records for a first-time NBA
starter and swept the world into "Linsanity". His utter destruction of Asian stereotype does
not come without backlashes. Sports commentator Whitlock offered a gratuitous description of
Lin's anatomy, with boxer Mayweather concurring "All the hype is because he's Asian". MSG
network displayed a questionable fortune cookie image (Attached: "The Knicks Good Fortune").
Not to be outdone, three ESPN affiliated journalists described Lin as a "Chink" . (We salute
ESPN for promptly firing the script writer and suspended anchor Bretos.)



To Asian Americans, Jeremy Lin's experience resonated for different reasons. Some quotes:

o "Jeremy Lin has now gotten what every Asian American has ever really wanted - the
chance to succeed or fail based on performance and not on preconceived notions or
racial stereotypes."

o "He almost wasn't given any chance to show he could play, until Coach D'Antoni turned to his
final option, play Lin because he was one of the last warm bodies on the bench."

o "You hear endless debates about: 'How can this be happening? How can he be doing so well?'
They're looking for answers other than he's athletically gifted."

o "Deep down inside, many of us were decoding that secret language that resonated with our
own experiences which justified keeping him on the end of the bench. It translated into the very
troubling and all so obvious … "he's Asian".

o "There's this idea that it's OK to stereotype Asians. Just don't with African-Americans or
Latinos because you'll get in trouble and you'll get an aggressive response."

o "Asian Americans are supposed to be 1) short, 2) nerds, 3) devoid of leadership skills, 4)
unaggressive, and 5) virtually invisible."

o "As any member of the "model minority" can tell you, Asian Americans feel we have to work
harder to achieve the same level as our non-Asian counterparts. SAT scores for college
admissions is the perfect example."

o "Stereotypes act as another gatekeeper, deterring kids from even trying to compete."

o "Asian-Americans must dedicate themselves to becoming the Jeremy Lins of their
respective fields. If you feel pressure to be quiet instead of speak up, consciously push your c23 self
out of your comfort zone and share your thoughts. If you feel you've been overlooked, stand up
for yourself. If you think you think you might have the skills do so something your boss may not
see at first, fight to have the chance to prove yourself. We must take it upon ourselves to
change stereotypes …, just as importantly, our own minds about the limits of our leadership.
Society may not always be able to avoid stereotypes, but we all have the power to change them."

As Jeremy Lin moved off his brother's couch and into America's conscious, the stereotype of the
socially inept, meek Asian American is one that desperately needs changing. That ultimately
requires us to challenge ourselves - and society at large - to rethink the place of Asian-Americans
in our society. 80-20 is at the vanguard to challenge our own APATHY toward community
affairs and to challenge ourselves and the broader society to give Asian Americans the Equal
Opportunity to contribute to the best of our qualifications and abilities.

On Feb 21, 2012, the Supreme Court has taken up the "Fisher v. U Texas at Austin" case.
80-20 will file a legal brief to advocate for Asian American interest in college admission.

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Announcement:

80-20's Petition to Pres. Obama regarding achieving JUSTICE for Dany Chen has already gotten
7000 signers in a few days. Get us over 10000 quickly
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Asian Women in Science and Technology: An Invisible Minority in a Double Bind

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

Are Asian Americans doing fine in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers?
Because we are well represented and excel technically?

Wrong! In particular, Asian women face a double bind: a bamboo ceiling because of Asian
stereotyping and a glass ceiling because of implicit gender bias. Full report here.



80-20 carefully collect and publicize QUANTITATIVE social study data to effect policy
changes in government, academia and private industry. We advocate Asian American interests
using OBJECTIVE criteria: (1) Are our achievements commensurate with our qualifications?
(2) If not, ask the government to enforce existing laws (such as EO 11246).

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Announcement:

80-20's Petition to Pres. Obama regarding achieving JUSTICE for Dany Chen has already gotten
950 signers in less than a day. Get us over 1000 quickly
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Indian Americans Rose to Prominent Deanship Positions

Indian Americans Rose to Prominent Deanship Positions

Dear Fellow Asian Americans,

Deans are high visibility and influential positions in American universities. Asian Americans reaching to Deanship is a sure sign of breaking (or at least raising) the glass ceiling in academia. The recent appointment of Soumitra Dutta as the dean of Cornell University 's Johnson Graduate School of Management adds to a growing list of prominent Indian Americans serving as deans in renowned business schools. Some of his contemporaries include:

o Nitin Nohria, dean of the Harvard Business School
o Sunil Kumar, dean of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business
o Dipak C. Jain, (former) dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
o Jaishankar Ganesh, dean of the Rutgers School of Business
o G. (Anand) Anandalingam, dean of Univ. of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business

With the growing importance of Asian economies, more Asian Americans are finding opportunities for upward mobility in today's highly competitive workplace because of their excellent education and experience with global perspectives. However, it will take a sustained collective effort from influential leaders and organizations in our community to raise the profile of Asian Americans in business, academia, and government that would lead to LASTING improvements in prospects for all Asian ethnic groups.

80-20 PAC is the leading organization building a strong group clout for ALL Asian Americans, including people of South Asian and Pacific Islander heritage. Ved Chaudhary, the 80-20 coordinator who happens to be of Indian descent, observed: "Officially, all Asian Americans are treated as one ethnic group in all US government branches. All laws and court decisions (for example regarding college admissions, equal opportunity and justice) apply equally to all Asian Americans. Thus all Asian
Americans and their future generations will equally benefit from the activities of 80-20. Therefore, people of South Asian and Pacific Islander heritage must also UNITE with and support 80-20. Remember, there is strength in unity!"

"YOU must be the change you wish to see in the world" — Mahatma Gandhi

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WHAT HAVE WE DONE? 5ab9

o 80-20 gathered the data to construct and repeatedly publicized the
following chart, e.g. a full page Washington Post public Service ad.
The chart shows a very low GLASS CEILING over Asian Ams:

o Using this chart, 80-20 induced President Obama to promise
in the 2008 presidential election to help us break the GLASS CEILING.
Click on http://www.80-20initiative.net/news/preselect2008_obama.asp
to see Pres. Obama's written & signed promise to 80-20 Educational
Foundation in this regard.

o After Pres. Obama was elected, 80-20 turned Pres. Obama's promise
into the enforcement of a current law by the Labor Department on behalf
of Asian Ams. See a written promise by the Labor Department to enforce
Exec. Order 11246 in order to break the GALSS CEILING over us in work
places. Click on
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Respectfully,

80-20 Collective Leadership

Harvard Targeted in US Asian-American Discrimination Probe

"Harvard Targeted in US Asian-American Discrimination Probe"

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

80-20 WORKED with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Daniel Golden to voice Asian American concerns in the national news media. Please read this just published Businessweek article
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-03/harvard-targeted-in-u-s-asian-american-discrimination-probe.html .

Asian Americans face a much higher college admission bar than people from any other ethnic groups, yet most of us just resign to our fate or force our children to work even harder. Do you know there is another way? Unite and use our group clout to influence and change the system.

You may recall 80-20 voted in Dec. 2011 to enter this battle for equal opportunity, using the pending Supreme Court case of "Fisher v. Univ. of Texas at Austin" as a vehicle to advocate a race-neutral, merit-based college admission policy.

We don't just sit around waiting for the Supreme Court to do something. We are actively working to gather pertinent data, establish the factual basis of Asian American opinions, and supply time-sensitive information to the news media. We choose to get involved in this and other issues, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. So hard that no elected Asian American official or other national Asian American organization dares to tackle, yet so much is at stake in your and your children's future.

The power of 80-20 rests in You.

WE together had just delivered 80-20 the DOUBLE-or-Die miracle. By Dec 31, 2011, 80-20 added 2095 more members in 9 months. Join this growing national movement to build-up our group clout, and make our voices heard loud and clear again in tough battles to come. JOIN 80-20!
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"YOU must be the change you wish to see in the world" — Mahatma Gandhi

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STOP Racist Attack by Supporters of a Presidential Hopeful!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans,

A group, alleged to be Ron Paul supporters, released an immoral and reprehensible video attacking Jon Huntsman, former US ambassador to China, as a "Chairman Mao-style Manchurian Candidate" for speaking Chinese and adopting a Chinese and an Indian daughter. The video portends that these humanitarian acts make him un-American and unfit as a presidential candidate!. See for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PsJvLVoOq4

The perpetrator tried to exploit Chinese and Indian stereotype and xenophobia for political gain. They tried to insinuate that anyone who looks like a Chinese or Indian and speaks Mandarin—indeed anyone who even associates with or shows any affinity for anything Asian—cannot be a trustworthy or patriotic American. By extension of this logic – any one other than Euro-American should not be accepted or embraced as true American. Such attempts NOT ONLY hurt the interest of all Asian Americans, they ALSO hurt American national interests both at home and abroad. As MLK Jr. put it, "An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!" Such an ugly incident must be nipped in the bud.

80-20 strongly condemns this attack ad. We praise Ron Paul for disavowing it. We also praise Jon Huntsman for his unequivocal defense of his actions, his position and broad outlook. We pledge to force any presidential candidate who is behind this message to stop it when the facts become clearer. We further challenge the presidential candidates to make written pledge to 80-20 questionnaire that, if elected the President of the United States, s/he will uphold the solemn duty mandated by the US Constitution to treat all citizens equally with dignity, respect and fairness regardless of race and ethnicity.

Remember McCarthyism in the 1950s? Remember the "Asian Gate" and "the Cox Report" in the 1990s? These ugly incidents are good reminders why racism will always lurk and surface when opportunity arises. The Asian American community needs a national organization like 80-20, supported by half a million like-minded individuals. Ever vigilant to the current events,80-20 can quickly mobilize and use our group clout to reward or punish politicians.

Let it be known that 80-20 can and will cause sustained damage to any presidential hopeful who directly or indirectly engages in race baiting or other conduct hostile to Asian American interests. We expect no more and no less than fairness and simple decency.

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