{"id":1060650,"date":"2023-06-02T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9033835"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:29:34","slug":"jeff-chang-jeannie-park-on-asian-americans-and-affirmative-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/06\/02\/jeff-chang-jeannie-park-on-asian-americans-and-affirmative-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Chang &amp; Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Jeff Chang &amp; Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/jeff-chang-jeannie-park-on-asian-americans-and-affirmative-action\/' data-summary='Asian-American students are being used as the face of attempts to eliminate affirmative action or race-consciousness in college admissions.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'><\/div>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin230602.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin230602.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMwNjAyLm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9033843\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9033843\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9033843\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NBC-Asian-Affirmative-350x326.png\" alt=\"NBC: How Asian-led student groups are continuing affirmative action fight at Harvard and UNC\" width=\"268\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NBC-Asian-Affirmative-350x326.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NBC-Asian-Affirmative-600x558.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NBC-Asian-Affirmative-768x715.png 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NBC-Asian-Affirmative-640x596.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NBC-Asian-Affirmative.png 879w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9033843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>NBC<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/asian-led-student-groups-are-continuing-affirmative-action-fight-harva-rcna55071\">11\/2\/22<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: Corporate media have never been the right place to look for thoughtful, inclusive consideration of affirmative action. For them it&#8217;s an &#8220;issue,&#8221; a political football, rather than a long effort to address the real historical and ongoing discrimination against non-white, non-male people in multiple aspects of US life.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to the role that anti-discrimination, pro-equity efforts have had on Asian-American communities, there are particular layers of mis- and disinformation that benefit from exploring. Listeners will know that Asian-American students are being used as the face of attempts to eliminate affirmative action or race-consciousness in college admissions. It looks like the Supreme Court will rule on a watershed case this month. We talk about it with writer and cultural critic <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffchang.net\/\">Jeff Chang<\/a>, author of <em>We Gon\u2019 Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation<\/em>, among other titles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_1\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_1\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_1\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_1\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin230602Chang.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_1\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_1\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin230602Chang.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMwNjAyQ2hhbmcubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[1] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also hear some of an earlier discussion of the case <em>Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. vs. Harvard<\/em> that <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong> had with Jeannie Park, founding president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaja-newyork.org\/\">Asian American Journalists Association<\/a> in New York, and co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diverseharvard.org\/\">Coalition for a Diverse Harvard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_2\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_2\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_2\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_2\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_2\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_2\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin230602Park.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_2\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_2\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin230602Park.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMwNjAyUGFyay5tcDM=\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[2] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/this-case-was-never-about-defending-asian-americans\/\">\u201cThis Case Was Never About Defending Asian Americans\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Jeff Chang &amp; 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