Parents who didn't grow up in the American system, and who may have moved to the U.S. in large part for their children's education, feel desperate and in-the-dark. Some shell out tens of thousands of dollars for consultants as early as junior high.
  • nicetriangle@kbin.social
    111·
    1 year ago

    Esther’s academics weren’t “stellar,” Kim said — only a 4.3 GPA, 1520 SAT and nine AP courses. But in her personal statement, she wrote about her mother’s fight with breast cancer. And she was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania.

    “That was her trump card. It was a unique situation that she overcame,” Kim said. “To be frank, she got really lucky.”

    Fuck sake

  • regul@lemm.ee
    57·
    1 year ago

    Well yeah, now they don’t have a scapegoat for if they fail.

    The dog that caught the car.

      • regul@lemm.ee
        5·
        1 year ago

        I did read the article. You tell me how they’re not the dog that caught the car. These reactionary Asian parents got what they wanted and now there will be fewer black kids admitted to top universities, but they’re still driving their own kids to ever higher suicide rates. Paying even more for private tutors. Demanding even more extracurriculars, even more cram schools. Asian-American parents are prisoners-dilemma-ing their children into misery with little to show for it because in their effort to dismantle one of the few policies that was working to reduce the systemic racial education gap in our society, they never once noticed that the systemic racism that also affects them is the same reason their kids still aren’t going to be CEOs or senators.

    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
      510·
      1 year ago

      Asian Americans hated on black americans in order to hop on the white supremacy bandwagon. They were one of the good ones! It has blown up in their faces multiple times, including this instance, yet they continue down the path. Fuck 'em.

      Advice to all POC: The white establishment and power structures will never see you as equal. Playing their game ends in your loss, always.

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
        66·
        1 year ago

        You know, it is funny r/india is filled with the ignorant liberals you describe, who believe just being the opposite of Hindutvavaadis is a hallmark of being “good”. They simp for white world capitalism and “going abroad”.

        NRIs are some of the biggest pieces of shit I have seen on internet, that sugarcoat their words to fool people. Typical baniya/brahmin behaviour.