IMHO without a doubt there is active racial discrimination against U.S. students from asian backgrounds.  Though interestingly students who are citizens of asian countries may experience less of it.  I've actually heard this from more than one law school admissions officer.  A rationale advanced was that while such candidates were mechanically sound, they lacked "passion" for the profession, whatever the heck that means.  An admissions officer from a top ten law school has told me that if only grades and scores were counted, her entering law school class would comprise 80% asian females.  I served as a junior member of the hiring committees for two mid- to large size law firms.  Twice and by happenstance my leading candidates were males of korean ethnicity who had perfect SAT and LSAT scores, nearly perfect undergrad and law school grades, the requisite law school fluff activities, and, surprisingly with all that, fantastic social skills and humor on exhibition during the interviews.  I wanted to practice law with these guys.  But twice again an old white male partner sat in my office and told me bluntly, and possibly illegally, that who we were really looking for was a _________ woman to fill the open FBU slot (Fungible Billing Unit) and that I needed to call my candidate with the bad news.  There is so much more I could offer here, to include affirmative action for the children of wealthy partners, mostly white.  Not trying to stoke fires here, just dragging this complex issue into the sunshine where it belongs beginning with recognition that in at least some cases asians have to show that much more than some others in a game that many believe is not infrequently rigged.  Apparently the rich are protecting their own by chopping out the legs from underneath their children's competition.  0.02

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a true "caucasian" unlike most of you caucasian wannabees ;>)

My personal generalization based on experience, reading and admitted stereotypes is that 1 and 2G asian families tend to direct their kids into roles that will enable the family to receive a slice of american economic pie fairly rapidly.  Law practice in major markets typically requires decades of effort, and luck or connections, simply to earn a high professional wage and even then few obtain true wealth practicing law, ever.  Silky Edwards for example is an exception, not a rule.  A political career, ethically managed, similarly is unlikely to generate appreciable wealth.  Thus asian-americans steer their kids into technical fields that permit them to jump onto the business side quickly and then build and sell better mouse traps rather than regulating mouse traps or advising how to get around mouse trap regulations, which is indirect opportunism and perhaps parasitism in some form.  To a certain extent then asian families self-select.  Frankly, I wouldn't recommend law as a vocation in the U.S. to anybody; however, I do believe that access should be equally available for all and that we as a society should not impose quotas for entry except possibly at the bare level necessary to redress the effects of slavery and jim crow, which is a unique situation.  As I said above, if the criteria were purely objective, at least one top tier school entering class would comprise ~80% asian female based on what I was told off the record.  Those not making the cut would presumably consist of majority white and hispanic given population numbers relative to asian-americans.  0.02

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FWIW I earned a grad degree in straight c.s.  Several of my classmates in that program were board certified medical doctors.  They were there not to finish but to learn the elements of good system and software design so they could cash-in by developing successful companies in the lucrative medical IT market.  All of them who I recall were asian or middle eastern nationals or early generation.  I have a frat brother, son of a famous cardio surgeon and a white guy, who did two tours at Mass Gen and was on the Harvard Med faculty.  He later went back and picked up a Harvard mba and now serves as c-level with a major medical equipment co.  These examples may be symptomatic of a decline in appreciation for, and recognition of problems that exist in, the so-called learned professions.  More specifically, it's become a b*tch nowadays to earn a secure living in them, as the old pharts sell-out or capitalize on the younger generations in creative, empowered ways that diminish the notion of profession.  As for Ayres, he was a connected leftist with solid academic skills, apparently, who would have been perceived as bringing "passion" to education.  He would have been academy's poster child back in the day when he applied for admission, what with all that passion his future colleagues so love.  0.02

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My suggestions about ayers were tongue in cheek as I will suppose your quips were.  I call "zingers."

If steps are required to elevate the numbers of americans from chinese ethnic backgrounds into university or vocational roles in proportion with their population, given historical discrimination, then tell us what you think we should do to achieve this.  Quotas for example, is that a part of your affirmative action plans for chinese?  I'm open to ideas.

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You can probably find a report written 30 years ago that says exactly the same thing. -- Nothing has changed.