Frank H. WuOpinionDoubts About DiversityI am skeptical that any of us embraces “diversity” as much as we might believe.August 6, 2018African-AmericanWhat I Learned (Not) Flying First ClassThe problem of privilege, no different than ignorance, is that it need not acknowledge itself. I am as culpable as any of us. Yet for a few, the rank they hold, earned or not, is permanent. The rest of us are aware our situation is but temporary.April 29, 2018HomeThe pragmatism of Bakke – affirmative actionThis month’s twentieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Bakke v. University of California is an odd occasion to commemorate. The Bakke case is the earliest in which the Supreme Court directly addressed affirmative action. But like much of the affirmative action debate, Bakke is as symbolic as it is real. Appropriately, given its resolution at the time, the Bakke case presents multiple meanings today.July 12, 2007Asian American Pacific IslanderAsian Americans Aren’t White Folks’ ‘Racial Mascots’Affirmative action has almost always been framed as a Black and White issue…October 4, 2006Asian American Pacific IslanderPerspectives: Asian Americans Aren’t White Folks’ ‘Racial Mascots’Although usually excluded from discussions about civil rights, Asian Americans are increasingly introduced as an argument against racial diversity. Yet like all Americans, Asian immigrants and their native-born children benefit from the modest efforts to include everyone in the American Dream.October 3, 2006Page 1 of 1
