27. Educational Equity, Media Coverage of Affirmative Action, and Our Ideal College Admissions Systems with BSAY and AASA (Series Pt. 2)

Thanks for tuning into the second part of the affirmative action series! This week, I am joined on the podcast by Eden Senay and Nina Todd, the co-presidents of the Black Student Alliance at Yale, and Kevin Quach and Michelle Liang, the previous co-moderators of the Asian American Student Alliance at Yale! Together, we have a conversation about how our perceptions of affirmative action have changed throughout time, misconceptions about affirmative action, the Yale DOJ lawsuit, media coverage of affirmative action and how it takes away attention from other necessary work, our ideal college admissions and education systems, discussions we’ve had about affirmative action in our own spaces, and more.

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I also wanted to briefly say something about the violence and domestic terrorism that took place at the Capitol this past week. For the past couple of days, I’ve felt such overwhelming anger and sadness that I haven’t really been able to say anything eloquent out loud or on social media. But I wanted to be transparent on this platform—in every way possible, the Homecoming Podcast absolutely condemns this behavior and these white supremacist ideologies. Those people aren’t patriots, they weren’t just “protestors.” The fact that there were Asians and Asian Americans there, too, and some of the Capitol police and security officers were willingly taking selfies with the rioters, and the police seemed to offer little resistance...I’m just so disappointed and disheartened, and I have so many questions. For now, please, everyone, check in with friends and family members in Washington D.C. and others living in places where riots occurred. I hope you all are taking time to sit and process things, reflect, learn from new things popping up on social media and the news, and take care of yourselves. I’m still sitting here trying to process things, but if you need support or someone to talk to, you can definitely reach out to me.

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Affirmative action resources doc I’ve put together (includes history, Harvard case, Yale DOJ lawsuit, about Edward Blum, and more): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pt55QhpN4-8iIhisi5WzuIwM0pBm8X6kpA_s9vkLCh0/edit?usp=sharing

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Thanks to mariokhol and Pixabay for the music!