ADVENTURES IN EUPHEMISM: “Asian Americans are learning to deal with diversity in the changing landscape of college admissions.” Yes, they are learning to deal with being discriminated against on the basis of race in college admissions, which we’ll call “diversity.”
Lee says that she usually tries to at least mention arguments in favor of diversity at her free college seminars. She mentions how the black student population at UCLA has declined precipitously and how student bodies at elite universities probably shouldn’t be 100% of Asian descent. When she looks to see the response, she sees mostly slowly shaking heads.
“It’s really hard for me to explain diversity to parents whose only goal is getting their son into Harvard,” Lee says.
No kidding? It’s hard for these parents to accept arguments justifying discrimination against their children for the sake of “diversity”? Who’d have thought?