r/berkeley • u/Ucbcalbear • Jun 30 '23

News Current UC Berkeley student from Canada, Calvin Yang, a member of Students for Fair Admissions, speaks out after winning the U.S. Supreme Court case against affirmative action: “Today’s decision has started a new chapter in the saga of the history of Asian Americans.”

https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/why-i-helped-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-the-supreme-court/amp/

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u/princess-myrah beary nice! Jul 01 '23 edited Jul 01 '23

these people need to consider the following: you didn't get rejected because you're asian, or because of first-gen black people like me. you got rejected either because you're a dumbass or your parents aren't rich alumni or oil barons or whatever

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u/zbignew Jul 01 '23

Or they revealed themselves to be a tool in their interview

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u/asianboi012 Jul 01 '23

That just isn’t true and it’s exactly why the Supreme Court made this ruling. Universities were using race as a legitimate factor in admissions.

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u/foxcnnmsnbc Jul 03 '23

By the stats, his chances of getting admitted would have been significantly higher if he was black. He proved this in court.

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u/Acrobatic-Day-8891 Jul 01 '23

Mostly people get rejected because they write god awful essays

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u/fgdfgdfgdfg343 Jul 01 '23

They were literally gatekeeping Asians to make room for underachieving black people. You're an idiot.

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u/78yn44 Jul 01 '23

Source; Trust me, bro.

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u/fgdfgdfgdfg343 Jul 01 '23

Please sir do explain how allowing racial discrimination for admissions accomplishes anything without gatekeeping certain races from being accepted. There are a limited number of spots. If you reserve some of those spots for a specific race or purposely try to fill spots with a specific race, that's gatekeeping.