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020			_a1635767563 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781635767568 _q(hardcover)
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050		4	_aLC2633.6 _bX854 2021
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100	1		_aXu, Kenny,
245	1	3	_aAn inconvenient minority : _bthe attack on Asian American excellence and the fight for meritocracy / _cKenny Xu ; [foreword by James Lindsay].
246	3	0	_aAttack on Asian American excellence and the fight for meritocracy.
250			_aFirst Diversion Books edition.
260			_a[New York] : _bDiversion Books, _c[2021], ©2021.
264		1	_a[New York] : _bDiversion Books, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_axiii, 273 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [242]-264) and index.
505	0	0	_tForeword : within our many, an inconvenient one / _rby James Lindsay -- _tPreface -- _tA broken meritocracy -- _tHarvard is rotting -- _tThe truth about Asian stereotypes -- _tDiversity and exclusion -- _tShut up about the test -- _tThe rules are changing -- _tAfterword: Model minority.
520			_a"From a journalist on the frontlines of the Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence with its far-reaching implications- from seedy test-prep centers to gleaming gifted-and-talented magnet schools, to top colleges and elite business, media, and political positions across America ... Even in the midst of a nationwide surge of bias and incidents against them, Asians from coast to coast have quietly assumed mastery of the nation's technical and intellectual machinery and become essential American workers. Yet, they've been forced to do so in the face of policy proposals- written in the name of diversity- excluding them from the upper ranks of the elite. In An Inconvenient Minority, journalist Kenny Xu traces elite America's longstanding unease about a minority potentially upending them. Leftist agendas, such as eliminating standardized testing, doling out racial advantages to 'preferred' minorities, and lumping Asians into 'privileged' categories despite their deprived historical experiences have spurred Asian Americans to act. Going beyond the Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case, Xu unearths the skewed logic rippling countrywide, from Mayor Bill de Blasio's attempted makeover of New York City's Specialized School programs to the battle over 'diversity' quotas in Google's and Facebook's progressive epicenters, to the rise of Asian American activism in response to unfair perceptions and admission practices. Asian Americans' time is now, as they increase their direct action and amplify their voices in the face of mounting anti-Asian attacks. An Inconvenient Minority chronicles the political and economic repression and renaissance of a long ignored racial identity group- and how they are central to reversing America's cultural decline and preserving the dynamism of the free world." -- _cDescription provided by publisher.
650		0	_aAsian American college students.
650		0	_aAsian Americans _xEducation (Higher)
650		0	_aAsian Americans _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aRace discrimination _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRacism _zUnited States.
700	1		_aLindsay, James A.,
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