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In reply to the discussion: Tackling Asian Privilege [View all]Xyzse
(8,217 posts)This isn't true either.
What you don't realize is that in work and in school, teachers expect more from us Asians than they do any other ethnicity.
To make the grade in anything that involves matters that are subjective rather than those that have concrete answers, I think I was graded harsher.
That, to apply on certain things, since I am Asian, I have to be more qualified than any body else who gets the same position.
I am sorry, but even if I am more highly qualified than a white counterpart, to get the job, someone like me would have to compete against someone who the boss wants to please.
Go ahead, compare it. A white guy dressed in a similar suit, and an asian guy with the same credentials goes for the same job, who will get it?
The only reason some of those jobs are over-represented is because even with the inherent advantages some people have, they prefer to just take the easy way out. Skip out on college or take something easy. Grade a paper, the expectations mounted on Asians are tougher.
Whoever wrote that damn thing has no idea how easy they had it.