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All posts tagged "asian americans"

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  [NY Times] Why are Asian Americans such loyal Democrats?

    In just two decades, Asian American support for the Democratic presidential candidate more than doubled, from the 31 percent Bill Clinton got in 1992 to the 73 percent cast for President Obama in...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  [NPR] Often employees, rarely CEOs: Challenges Asian Americans face in tech

    A new report on diversity in Silicon Valley shows that Asians and Asian Americans are well-represented in lower-level positions — but, in comparison, severely underrepresented at the management and executive levels at five large, established...

  • Posted May 18, 2015
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  Asian groups file complaint against Harvard over admission quotas

  WASHINGTON (AP) — An alliance of Asian American groups on Friday filed a federal complaint against Harvard University, saying that school and other Ivy League institutions are using racial quotas to admit students other than high-scoring Asians....

  • Posted May 15, 2015
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  [QZ] Fifty years on, the overachiever stereotype is still hurting Asian Americans

    As the cigarette smoke clears across the screen of the A-Town Boyz movie trailer, we see that Asian American men are the ones holding the guns. Not Korean, Chinese, or Vietnamese men in subtitled gangster...

  • Posted April 7, 2015
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  [LA Times] Asian Americans make new push for L.A. council seats

    Nearly 30 years ago, legislative aide Mike Woo shattered a barrier, becoming the first Asian American to win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.The milestone was hailed as a sign that...

  • Posted December 16, 2014
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