... of color also suffer serious discrimination. A 1992 report issued by the Federal Civil Rights Commission, as summarized by The New York Times, for example, found that Asian Americans "face widespread discrimination in the workplace and are often victims of racially-motivated harassment and violence." In support of its conclusions, the commission referred to its review of ... court records and extensive scientific studies. Asian Americans themselves particularly complained of a "glass ceiling" which prevents them from being promoted to higher levels of management. Public-opinion surveys ...

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... . An example is the admission practices at Berkeley. Only 40 per cent of the entering class in 1988 were selected solely on the basis of academic merit. While whites or Asian-Americans need at least a 3.7 grade point average in high school to be considered for admission, most minority candidates who meet a lower fluctuating standard are automatically admitted (Shea). Berkeley continues this ... practice of preferential admissions for minorities even though the graduation rate of minorities is very low. Expectedly, 66 per cent of whites or Asian-Americans graduate, while only 27 per cent ...

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... state imposed such as erratic and overkill medical scrutiny that often lasted for months. The relationship between the Americans and the Chinese was not prosperous as it is plagued by mistrust and rivalry. The compelling encounter between the Asian immigrants and the Americans could be traced back to the unhealthy relationship that has sprouted between the two communities during the conflicts of ... the first and second Opium War during the 1840's. The Americans believed that the Chinese people were a crude and underdeveloped race and set out ... were highly cooperative in California and...

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... Before that time, immigrants were enrolled in non-English schools. The fight for a bilingual education program started during the Civil Rights Movement. Immigrants, especially Latin and Mexican Americans, observed the progress that African Americans were making and decided to fight for "equal education." More than 50 percent of Spanish speaking students were dropping out of school each year. The schools found a ... introduced to English from the first day of school (Porter 32). Even parents of non-English speaking students recognize that bilingual education programs are not working. Lat...

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... purpose of giving us a fair distribution of goods and services. Everyone has to think that the outcome is fair. According to a New York Times pole only twenty-seven percent of Americans support current Affirmative Action policies. According to Rawls this makes Affirmative Action Policies wrong. We should bargain until we can find principals that everyone can agree on. In daily life ... admitted to the University of California-Berkeley in the fall of 1993 (Before affirmative action was eliminated): Mean Scores (on scale 400-1600) Asians 1293 Whites 1256 Hispanics 1032 African Americans 9...

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... practice Mahayana Buddhism, and their ideas encouraged Buddhist teachings towards the end of the century. Buddhist ideas became more known when Americans returned from Asia after the Second World War and the Korean War and brought back an interest in Asian culture. In the 1960s, the American interest in Buddhism grew even more among artistic groups, and new departments of Buddhist studies ... were established in universities. Today, approximately 3 million Americans identify as Buddhists. Buddhism's aim to end suffering as well as its therapeutic meditation are two ... ...

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... with moral concerns question whether affirmative action can be asserted as a right to compensation for the injuries from past discrimination. Immediately, that rationale can be problematic because most Hispanics and Asian Americans can't ordinarily claim their ancestors were victims of oppression. Their own voluntary arrival coincided with an era of discrimination. Supporters who look for compensation emphasis the history of slavery and ... ...

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... people and organization for what they stand for and not what they are on the exterior. Throughout California and all of our American history, federal and state governments have separated Americans into various racial and ethnic groups. Our civil rights laws were adopted to end prejudice and discrimination and this is one step further into this process. While these laws tore ... this ballot initiative and will be conducting advocacy to prevent its passage. Other groups in opposition include the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Asian...

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... offers documents of lives of American war veterans and a collection of deeds, photographs, documents, biographies, fishpond, garden, stone path and bronze statue of Confucius in the Asian courtyard. The museum's goal is to help Chinese Americans to learn about their heritage, and to develop an understanding between ethnic groups and to encourage multicultural diversity. The exhibit that I found interesting was an exhibit ... ...

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