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Yesterday’s decision not only reaffirms the Court’s commitment to upholding affirmative action, but it also establishes the growing importance of the AAPI community in this issue. The majority opinion referenced by name a joint amicus brief filed jointly by 160+ AANHPI organizations (including this blog) in support of affirmative action with regard to the AAPIs.

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(via Asian American Group Files Anti-Affirmative Action Complaint Against Yale, Dartmouth, Brown: What You Need To Know) If you are a reporter who has arrived at this post as part of your research on Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action, here’s what you need to know. - The AAPI Community is Ethnically Diverse, and Should Not Be Treated as a Monolith -  Complaints Against Affirmative Action Do Not Represent the Majority Opinion of the AAPI Community - The Complaint’s Interpretation of Data Opposing Affirmative Action is Flawed -  Asian Americans will not be the wedge AAPIs face myriad injustices in today’s America. Ivy League universities, including Yale, are not without their own issues of institutionalized racial violence and bias. But, barring further and more compelling data, we cannot conclude that Asian Americans are subject to widespread racial discrimination at Ivy League universities due to affirmative action. Indeed, the evidence routinely shows the opposite: that affirmative action supports anti-racism efforts by improving access to higher education for underprivileged students of colour, and that its absence hurts AAPI students and all students of colour.

I believe in education for all, and I refuse to be a wedge for conservative efforts to suppress people of colour, including other AAPIs. It’s time for mainstream journalists to reflect the fullness of the AAPI politic on this and all issues.