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To: abuelita who wrote (144846)	12/18/2018 4:17:16 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217713

The professor had it easy Here is rule-by-making-up-rules effort to institute discrimination Except am unsure of the best way forward. In China there are preferences for ethnic minorities in universities, but of course there are no minority group that goes on to dominate any school out of proportion to the pool of applications, I sense. Such is not the case w/ Asians in the US. Difficult issue. wsj.com De Blasio Sees Too Many AsiansA lawsuit accuses New York’s mayor of using racial discrimination to promote ‘diversity.’ William McGurnDec. 17, 2018 6:55 p.m. ET In the 20th century, a new form emerged, this one rooted in the fear that some minorities might give the Anglo-Saxon ascendancy a run for its money if judged solely on merit. Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell infamously took this approach to Jews after their numbers jumped to nearly 22% of the student body in 1922 from roughly 7% in 1900. In one letter, he likened his university to a summer hotel that ultimately goes out of business when a rising number of Jewish patrons drives away its Gentile customer base. In the 21st century, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is adding his own chapter to this ugly history. For Mr. de Blasio, the preferred brand of discrimination follows the model Harvard today uses to achieve the desired racial composition of its incoming classes. And just like Harvard, Mr. de Blasio is being sued for his bid to take seats away from Asians and give them to blacks and Latinos at the city’s eight, high-performing specialized public high schools. “De Blasio has repeatedly suggested that he believes that there are too many Asians in New York’s elite public schools,” says Wen Fa, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, which filed the suit last Thursday in U.S. district court. “His discriminatory plan to cut off educational opportunities for deserving Asian students reeks of centuries-old discrimination against Asian-Americans, and we look forward to challenging it in court.” The Harvard case was heard this fall. Plaintiffs argued that the school uses subjective personality assessments—giving highly qualified Asian applicants lower scores for such qualities as “kindness” and “attractive to be with”—to reduce their overall scores and help justify rejecting them. As a private university, Harvard could do what it wishes here except for the sticky matter that it accepts millions in taxpayer dollars, making it subject to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Still, the essential question in the Harvard case is the same as the one in the de Blasio suit: whether diversity itself can justify keeping some students out on account of race. But the New York suit offers a slightly cleaner test—because they are all public schools. These specialized high schools, which admit students based on a single exam, are the “crown jewels” of the city’s school system; they count 14 alumni as Nobel laureates. But the mayor is irritated by the racial composition a merit-based entrance exam yields. At Stuyvesant, the most selective of these schools, the student body is 74% Asian, 19% white, 3% Latino and 1% African-American. To change this, the mayor has taken aim at something called the Discovery Program, which accounts for about 5% of the overall admissions and offers slots to underprivileged kids who score just below the exam cutoff, provided they meet other criteria. Right now this program is open to all of the city’s economically disadvantaged children. Mr. de Blasio proposes to limit the program to kids from schools with a poverty rate of 60% or higher—i.e., schools with mostly black and Latino students. The move would shut out economically disadvantaged Asian-American students who are not in those eligible schools. “The 14th Amendment prohibits covert racial discrimination just as it prohibits overt discrimination on the basis of race,” says Mr. Fa. “De Blasio’s gerrymander of the Discovery Program is designed to discriminate against Asian-American students, and will have precisely that effect.” Richard Carranza, New York’s schools chancellor, is remarkably cavalier about the proposed policy’s racial impact. “I just don’t buy into the narrative that any one ethnic group owns admissions to these schools,” he’s said. Meanwhile, the mayor justifies his effort by noting that only 10% of Black or Latino students get offers from the specialized high schools even though they account for nearly 70% of the city’s high school population. What neither man appreciates is what an indictment this is of the miserable status quo over which they preside. Forget about getting into specialized public schools. The latest scores on New York’s state tests show only 46.7% of the city’s third through eighth graders proficient in English and 42.7% in math, with the number dropping to 34% and 25.4% respectively for black students. Now the two men are pushing racial discrimination on behalf of diversity. And everyone understands that if they get their way, it means playing down merit and taking away seats from Asian-Americans who have earned them. “We believe that Americans should be judged by their hopes and their abilities and their hard work,” says Wai Wah Chin, president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, which is one of the plaintiffs in the case. “They shouldn’t be punished for any of those just because they aren’t the right race.” Write to mcgurn@wsj.com.

To: abuelita who wrote (144846)	12/18/2018 4:53:10 PM
From: louel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

The police did their job. If he fit the description and was in the area they had to check it out. That is what we pay them to do. He acted correctly supplying the information they asked for. They ask the same questions a couple of times to see if there is a change in answers. Unknown to Steve one of the officers most likely contacted the detachment who in turn verified he taught at the University. If they had stopped the right person and upon been given false ID and answers. They believed him and let it go as a passing thought without being thorough. Then the the detained person walked away only to comitt another crime. perhaps even more serious. They would have failed at protecting the greater public they get paid to serve. The man walked away unharmed. Justice was served. I am a native Indian person. I to have been subjected to questioning. One summer evening just after midnight in Tacoma Washington. I had stopped beside a jail after leaving the McCord air force base where I had been visiting an officer I knew there. I was reading a map trying to find the easiest route to my motel. When it seemed out of nowhere a voice commanded Place your hands on top of the steering wheel. Out of the side of My eye I seen a gun pointed at the side of my head. My wife sitting in the passenger seat almost fainted. I was asked what I was doing parked along side of a jail ? Was I there expecting an inmate ? I answered no, told him what I was doing. And said you sure startled. He asked us to get out and stand in front of the police car while he checked out my DL and I suppose verify who I was. Satisfied he said there were better places to park and map read. Then proceeded to give me superb directions to my destination. I could have got all disappointed and complained but instead I simply said Thanks for the directions, And said, even startled as I was. I understood why he acted as he did and appreciated him ant other officers for the job they do. Their job is not easy. Each time they approach some one not knowing who or what kind of person it is. They put themselves at risk. I asked my son once Why would you want to constantly live confronting danger in seeking the out the criminal element ? He answered "So people like You and other decent citizens don't have to "