Most AsAm orgs. only follow mainstream views.  For example, they either support "race-preference" admissions  or oppose it .  However, 80-20 having studied the college admissions issue carefully for years dared to form an UNIQUE, independent, and middle-of-the-road AsAm view.  Here is how

the idea has spread:

(1) On 8/1/2016, 80-20 EF took this unique & Middle-of-the-road position:

     We would embrace diversity, but oppose strongly the discriminatory 

     practice by elite colleges, which force AsAm applicants  to yield  140 

     SAT points to white applicants. To spread the idea, EF started  

a petition.

(2) On 9/14/2016, Harvard's own campus paper, Harvard Crimson, published 

      an editorial to advocate this brand new idea.

(3) 7  days ago, The NY Times published an Op Ed supporting the same

      concept.   The title is     

     To explain that disparity some might cite the myth that while Asian 

students have high test scores, they lack the well-rounded extracurricular interests and activities that colleges prize. But the study isolated race as a factor by controlling for variables like academic performance, legacy status, social class, type of high school (public or private), athletics and other extracurricular activities. So that 140-point gap is between a white student 

and an Asian student who differ only by race. ...."  (emphasis added)

                          The Significance of Your Support

     Here is how the college admissions battle has developed:

(1)   In 2009, Espenshade et al of Princeton published their book. The most 

       important of its findings, so far as AsAm interests are concerned, was 

       hardly reported in the media.  The important finding is: 

               To gain equal access to  elite colleges,  AsAm students

               need  to yield  140 SAT pts. to white applicants*, 270 to 

               Hispanics  and 450 to blacks.     

        Shamefully, most AsAm "civil  rights" orgs. supported "race- preference" 

        admissions, then and now .  What a shame.

(2) In April, 2012, after a national survey of 50,000+ AsAms, 80-20  resolved

      it would fight the outrageous discrimination against AsAm youths. 

(3)   In 2013 , Ed Blum, the architect of most of the legal battles against 

       "race-preference"  admissions, filed his first "Fisher vs. U. of TX (1)".   

       80-20 filed an amicus brief, to support that effort.

(4)  Thus far, our side has lost all the legal battles, including Fisher (2) and 

       the complaint filed by the AsAm Coalition for Education.

(5) However, since 2012 the handwriting is on the wall, that we'll eventually

       win.  Why?

       (a) All such lawsuits have increasingly focused on the discrimination

            against AsAm students, and

        (b) Our side has steadfastly won the battle in the "Court of P ublic 

             Opinion."  Evidence?  The newspaper headlines have changed 

             their tones greatly over the years:

              In 2012, a NYT headline was " Asian-Ams in the argument".  Note that

                           we  were "in the argument" only - a side show.

              In 2014, a NYT headline was " Is Harvard Unfair to As-Ams?"  W e've 

                            moved to the center, but it is questionable whether we've

                            been treated unfairly.

             In 2017, a new NYT headline was " White Students' Unfair Advantage

                              in admission"  There is now a declarative  recognition that 

                             we are  being treated unfairly.

              

      Note that headlines are normally written by the editors, although the  reporters or authors provided the contents.   Smell the shifting wind!

                             Winning Soon???  Do Your Share!

      When the vacant seat in the Supreme Court will have been filled by a Trump nominee, our chance to win the court battles  will improves drastically.  Do you want to beat the discrimination back ?  DO YOUR SHARE.

       Join 80-20's petition now!    We need 100,000 signers in another 1.5

years to demonstrate the united support of our community for this  UNIQUE and middle-of-the- road proposal for college admissions.   Otherwise, the

$10 per petitioner donation will be returned. Thanks.