Monday, August 28, 2017

Tide turning in our favor; ride the tide with us.

The Tide Is Turning In Our Favor


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             The Most Laughed at Article in NY Times Ever?
       
4 days ago, NY Times
 published a front page article entitled, "Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago".  It has a full page of graphs on historical racial admissions profiles at elite US colleges and universities.

   Retrospectively, the NYT's editors learned that the article could easily be the most laughed at analysis ever.  It had 747 comments.  3 out of 4 comments panned the article severely.  Go take a  look at those comments.  At the article, go to the upper extreme right corner and click on 747.  Go to the "Reader's Picks" category to read how ordinary Americans feel. 

    The tide has definitely turned in our favor.  The American public speaks out strongly against discrimination against AsAms students.

    80-20 again played a key role.  One of the 80-20 PAC Board members, Ved Chaudhary, submitted a comment to NYT.  His comment was selected by NYT as one of 26 in the "NYT Picks" category.  However, in complete contrast to the view of ordinary citizens, NYT picked mostly "politically correct" comments. Ved's comment garnered 106 recommends.

"Ved Chaudhary  NJ  2 days ago
This is such a shallow/simplistic analysis of a very complex social problem. It does not even touch on the reasons why (and how) the top universities are (and will continue to remain) top universities.

It disregards the basic underlying fact that the Ivys are like the Olympics of the academic world. Is NYT going to do a racial analysis of athletes selected for the Olympics? Does it make sense to do that. Will Olympics still be Olympics if they took diversity/equal representation as objective? The analysis of admissions at Top Universities makes just as much (or as little) sense. Selection should be based on objective performance whether it is Olympics or the Top universities. Only then will they continue to foster the highest human achievement in a field where aptitude coupled with long term sustained high quality training, practice, and ambition to excel are required. Some ethnic groups take interest in professions (STEM, law, medicine); their children do well in preparing for those fields. Whats wrong with that? Why shouldn't they get admission based on merit and aptitude rather than be restricted by their race? What is race? Asian American is NOT A RACE. These people who came from 18 countries of South Asia, East Asia, South-east Asia and pacific islands, have such diversity of skin color, languages, foods/cuisine, faith/religions, social customs and socio-economic background that there is more diversity presented by Asian Americans than all other races combined. 
106 Recommends"
  
     Other 80-20 Board and staff members also made commends, including Jing-Li YuPete Mauk and S. B. Woo.  Some of those comments also garnered more than 50 recommends.  NOTE how 80-20 has always reached out into the national political arena and played a vital role on issues impacting Asian Americans!

     The most popular comment was apparently also submitted by an AsAm. See below for the comment submitted by Avi.  We are proud of Avi.  His comment garnered 423 recommends!

    



  

           



"Avi   Texas  August 24, 2017
 How about a few charts for the professional sports, which races are vastly under represented?

Colleges entrance should be based on merit, considering socioeconomic hardship - this I absolutely agree. But not based on skin color, please. 

And why are Hispanics, who have never been enslaved in this country, covered by Affirmative Action? While Asians (esp. Chinese and Japanese), who had been enslaved and locked up in camps, not covered by Affirmative Action? The stance the Times take on this issue is indefensible.
                           
                         Put Your Shoulder On the Wheel!


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80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
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To know more about 80-20, view these videos :
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Friday, August 18, 2017

Woo's letter to Ivy Presidents

Mail YOUR 2 letters this WEEKEND to exceed 1500 letters!


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                                   Why beat around the bush?

   80-20 EF's President S. B. Woo sent a letter, certified and return receipt requested, to the presidents and Chairpersons of the Board of the 8 Ivy League colleges.  He asked them to introduce remedies to prevent discrimination against AsAm students in their admissions process, and requested a response.  Here is an example.


                  SALUTING AsAm faculty & staff working for 
                             Ivy colleges who SPOKE UP!


       They include, but not limited to, 

1.  Jeannie Suk Gersen, a professor at Harvard Law School, who wrote the the New Yorker article: "The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Ams" , on 8/17/2017.

2. The many AsAm professors and staff who work for Ivy colleges and who donated most generously to EF's SELF project, including one Princeton prof. who donated $1000/yr for 5 yrs. immediately after EF's "UGLY facts on discrimination against AsAm youth" was published on Aug 1.

3.  EF Board members, who are associated with Ivy colleges:

     a) Alice Huang, retired professor from Harvard Medical School,
     b) S. B. Woo, Visiting Fellow, Kennedy School, Harvard university (1989),
     c) Wei-jing Zhu, Ph. D. In theoretical physics, Cornell University

        Mail your 2 letters this WEEKEND to fulfill your share!

Here is all you need to do:
(1) Click here and print 2 copies each of "UGLY facts on discrimination against AsAm youthof 4 pages.  Use the best print quality.
(2) Use the internet to find out the the postal address of 1 state-wide and 1 local or ethnic newspaper in your locality.  Remember that there will be others in your state making similar efforts.
(3) Send a copy of our "UGLY facts ..." to those 2 addresses, together with a cover letter (See template below).  Sign it with 2 to 10 names, complete with signers' respective postal  addresses and phone numbers.  Post it.
(4) Send sbw@udel.edu an email, letting me know that you've "DONE YOUR NOBLE SHARE and the names of the two media." 80-20 will recognize you publicly.                                                        

"Dear Editors: We, the undersigned, would like to have the enclosed facts, circulated by the 80-20 Educational Foundation since August 1, published in your distinguished paper.  (An electronic copy of the same info. is available at http://conta.cc/2hWJ4Ni.)  Since then, similar opinions have been published in the New York Times ("Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans" - Aug. 3, 2017), the Wall Street Journal editorial ("What is Harvard Hiding" - Aug. 6, 2017), the Fox News Opinion ("Time for affirmative action to be based on income, not race" - Aug. 7, 2017 ) and the New Yorker ("The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans" - Aug. 10, 2017).  Yet, not many people know about it in our great state. We would deeply appreciate it if you would make these ugly facts known to a broader audience.      
Sincerely,  names, locations and phone numbers)"

S. B. Woo 


President and a volunteer for the past 18 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/index.php
 
To know more about 80-20, view these videos :
https://youtu.be/dB3eGVqG-wA  (Ignore the last 35 secs. The election is over.)


Wednesday, August 16, 2017

WE hit a home run for our children

Do your share!  Otherwise, you'll regret missing your turn.

    
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                       TOGETHER, We Hit A Home Run

                 Thanks to YOU who gave your time and money
on August 1, 2017, EF's " Ugly facts on discrimination against AsAm youth" was published.   See below on how America's "Court of Public Opinion" has responded! Our arguments are being picked up and repeated by the mainstream media.   It was a home run! 

    Be sure to at least read the titles so that you know that we are beginning to turn things around. 

   (1) On 8/3/17, the New York Times: "Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans"
   (2) on 8/6/17, the Wall Street Journal editorial: " What is Harvard Hiding",
   (3) on 8/7/17, the Fox News opinion: "Time for affirmative action to be based on income, not race".
   (4) on 8/7/17, the Inside Higher Ed: "The numbers and arguments onAsian Admissions",
   (5) on 8/8/17, the Washington Post opinion: "Harvard's discrimination against Asian Americans must end",
    (6) on 8/10/17, the New Yorker: "The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans" ,
    (8) on 8/11/17, the Washington Post: "Who is benefiting from Affirmative Action?  White men"

     See all those editorial, commentary, opinion and articles from America's most prestigious print and visual media - NYT, WashPost, WSJ, Chicago Tribune and Fox TV!  They all support us.   There has been on the average one article every two days.  Have we ever gotten that kind of attention before?  Who has achieved it?  We did.  Aren't you proud?   EF couldn't possibly have existed without your volunteerism & donations.

     Our Children are Down 1 to 4, We Need a Grand Slam
   
   That means YOU need to respond to EF's "Call To Action".  That is, mail 1 letter each to your state-wide and local or ethnic media to ask them to speak out against the current discrimination against AsAm youth.  Ask them to come out and urge Harvard and its likes to change their admissions policy.

    For the details of mailing the 2 letters, click here.  It'll lead you to EF's "Call to Action" which provides 4 easy steps for you to mail the 2 letters.  

                                Click here and mail the 2 letters NOW!
                             

S. B. Woo 

President and a volunteer for the past 18 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/index.php
 
To know more about 80-20, view these videos :
https://youtu.be/dB3eGVqG-wA  (Ignore the last 35 secs. The election is over.)

Monday, August 14, 2017

CALL TO ACTION

Mail 2 letters to fulfill our GENERATIONAL responsibility


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                              Rise and Act!

  Mail 2 letters to Win in the 'Court of Public Opinion' for Our Children 
Background Information:
     
There are about 5000 media outlets in the U.S. Three big ones have already sided with our point of view, since our "UGLY facts on ..." came out on Aug. 1st, as we fight for a level-playing field for our children.  They are: 

    (1) The Wall Street Journal editorial ("What is Harvard Hiding" - Aug. 6),
    (2) The Fox News opinion("Time for affirmative action to be based on income, not race" - Aug. 7), and
    (3) The Washington Post opinion ("Harvard's discrimination against Asian  Americans must end" - Aug 8)
      
     However, we need a thousand more such editorials and opinions from the big cites along the coasts to the small towns in middle America!

Who will perform this immense task?  
    
     You and 80-20 will do it TOGETHER!  80-20 NEVER asks AsAms to do anything, without doing much more itself.  Hence, the Board of 80-20 Educational Foundation, EF, has appropriated a war chest of $250,000 for this campaign.   It could be used to buy full-page ads in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune to appeal to the conscience of our nation about the plight of our children.  The full-page ads will show
    (a) The UGLY facts of discrimination against AsAm youth, and 
    (b) the names and locations of about 1,000 US media outlets that we expect will have already sided with us, asking Harvard and its likes to change their  discriminatory admissions policy.     
     
     You can keep a copy of this ad to point to with pride at the names of the local media that you've worked on and convinced, as you tell your grandchildren the story of your share in this struggle. Your contribution will go down in history.

     What will YOU Need to Do?
     NOT THAT MUCH!   You do need the determination & guts to stand up for our children.  Step (1) may be a little challenging.

(1) Click here and print 2 copies each of "UGLY facts on discrimination against AsAm youth" of 4 pages. Use the best print quality.
(2) Use the internet to find out the the postal address of 1 state-wide and 1 local or ethnic newspaper in your locality.  Remember that there will be others in your state making similar efforts.
(3) Send a copy of our "UGLY facts ..." to those 2 addresses, together with a cover letter whose template is shown in the footnote below.  Sign it with 2 to 10 names, complete with signers' respective postal addresses and phone numbers.   Post it.
(4) Send sbw@udel.edu an email, letting me know that you've "DONE YOUR NOBLE SHARE and the names of the two media." 80-20 will recognize you publicly.
Result?
      
      Within one year, we will have won in the Court of Public Opinion, for our children, especially after the full-page ads will have come out, at a cost of $250,000.  Harvard will feel our pressure. 
      
    Is 80-20 Certain to Spend the $250,000? 
     
     YES! If 80-20 receives 3,000 emails, within 1 month, with a message: "I've done my NOBLE share," we will launch our media campaign. Whether we get 1,000 positive media responses or not, the message of the discrimination against our children will have been made well-known to the nation.
     
      NO! If 80-20 doesn't receive even 1,500 emails with the right message. 80-20 won't fight, if YOU, our bosses, are not willing to fight. In such a case, 80-20 will deeply regret not having served our community well. YOU will forever have it on your conscience that you let this great opportunity pass to help pave a level playing field for your offspring.


PLEASE DO THE 4 TASKS SHOWN ABOVE, NOW!  

Please forward this email to like-minded friends who would also be willing to mail 2 letters.

S. B. Woo 
 
President and a volunteer for the past 18 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/index.php

Footnote: 
"Dear Editors: We, the undersigned, would like to have the enclosed facts, circulated by the 80-20 Educational Foundation since August 1, published in your distinguished paper.  (An electronic copy of the same info. is available at http://conta.cc/2hWJ4Ni.)  Since then, similar opinions have been published in the New York Times ("Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans" - Aug. 3, 2017), the Wall Street Journal editorial ("What is Harvard Hiding" - Aug. 6, 2017), the Fox News Opinion ("Time for affirmative action to be based on income, not race" - Aug. 7, 2017 ) and the New Yorker ("The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans" - Aug. 10, 2017).  Yet, not many people know about it in our great state. We would deeply appreciate it if you would make these ugly facts known to a broader audience.      
Sincerely,  names, locations and phone nos.)"
To know more about 80-20, view these videos :
https://youtu.be/dB3eGVqG-wA  (Ignore the last 35 secs. The election is over.)