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You hear strange sounds, but they are completely unrecognizable..

I'm trying to read about educational institutions penalizing Asians. Unfortunately, my PC decided to act up. :) I had a friend who thought he didn't get into Med school in California due to that. Then I read that California is held up as an example of how to achieve a balance without Affirmative Action. My friend thought it WAS Affirmative Action that kept him out. Id like to look a little further, but am prepared to never find out.

As for Racism I usually refer to two quotes.

"You start out in 1954 by saying, 'N!**er, n!**er, n!**er.' By 1968 you can't say 'n!**er''that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states' rights, and all that stuff, and you're getting so abstract. Now, you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.' 'We want to cut this,' is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than 'N***er, n***er.' Lee Atwater 1981

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." Lyndon Johnson 1960

When Filipinos asked me about racism in the USA, I'd tell them it's always there, but just below the surface. They seemed surprised. So I'd pull out these two quotes.