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All posts tagged "asian american"

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  ‘White-Asians’ make up 4% of US biracial population, 6 of 10 feel discriminated against

  6.9 percent of adults in the U.S. have two or more races in their ethnic background and approximately four percent of that group have both white and Asian backgrounds according to a new study. The statistics gathered by...

  • Posted June 16, 2015
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  Report proves model minority myth is just a myth

  By Brian Han Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in Southern California’s San Diego County, and more and more of them fall outside of the model minority myth says a new report. “Often times, people...

  • Posted June 16, 2015
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  [Boston Globe] To get into elite colleges, some advised to ‘appear less Asian’

  Brian Taylor is director of Ivy Coach, a Manhattan company that advises families on how to get their students into elite colleges. A number of his clients are Asian American, and Taylor is frank about...

  • Posted June 3, 2015
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  [BI] Perfect ACT score couldn’t get this student into Yale, Princeton, or Stanford, says it’s because he’s Asian

  With a perfect ACT score and 13 Advanced Placement courses under his belt, Michael Wang applied to seven Ivy League universities and Stanford in 2013. An Asian-American, Wang suspected his race might work against him....

  • Posted June 2, 2015
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  [NY1] Wave of Asian Americans adds diversity to NYPD

  Officer James Li says it has always been his dream to wear a police uniform. “Since I was like five years old, I always wanted to become a cop, and I did it, became a cop,”...

  • Posted May 28, 2015
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  [NYP] Asian American group says Cameron Crowe ‘whitewashed’ his new film

  An Asian-American group is blasting “Jerry Maguire” director Cameron Crowe for having “whitewashed” Asian-Pacific Islanders out of his new film set in Hawaii. A blistering press release from Media Action Network for Asian Americans...

  • Posted May 21, 2015
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  [WaPo] Calling Asian Americans model minority glosses over crucial issues

    Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are the fastest growing racial group in the United States; their population is expected to double to more than 47 million by 2060. Yet the needs of these...

  • Posted May 18, 2015
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