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周宁看美国

My American Diary

周宁

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背景回顾

近日，一篇题为《平权法案之争的新焦点——亚裔美国人》的文章披露了哈佛大学等名校在招生中存在种族歧视的问题。文章描述了一个富有才华品学兼优的华裔大学生奥斯丁贾，被哈佛、普林斯顿，哥伦比亚等大学拒绝的故事，指哈佛大学招生歧视亚裔，偏袒其他少数族裔。哈佛大学也因其招生政策中的隐形种族配额涉及种族歧视而被告上法庭。

Part.1

从来如此，便对么？

I have been following the Harvard Asian Discrimination case, and I find it troubling that many established Asians seem apologetic for their success; they admit that they had "privileges" and seem to project the "privileges" onto the whole group.

我一直在关注哈佛的亚裔歧视案，我发现令人不安的是，许多亚洲人对自身的成功似乎感到抱歉;他们承认拥有“特权”，并似乎把“特权”投射到整个群体中。

But that is wrong. I have many first generation Chinese friends who are taking on multiple jobs (such as driving Lyft in the mid-night shift) just so their Children can receive a good education. Why should these children be held to a higher standard simply because they are Chinese? I have not heard any good explanation on that.

但这是错误的。我有许多第一代华裔朋友正在身兼数职（例如在夜班中驾驶Lyft），这样他们的孩子才能接受良好的教育。为什么这些孩子只是因为他们是中国人就得达到更高的标准？我没有听到任何好的解释。

Have you? Yes this Edward Blum fellow may have ulterior motives, but it does not change the core of the case. These apologetic Asians argue that Harvard is giving preferences to under-represented minorities to make the class more diverse. Ok. But can any of them tell my Lyft driver friend why his children should be held to a higher academic standard than white kids? Imagine it were black kids who have to score 140 points higher on SAT than white kids to gain admission to Harvard?

那你怎么看呢？是的，这位名叫爱德华·布鲁姆的家伙可能别有用心，但这并没有改变案件的核心。这些感到抱歉的亚洲人认为，哈佛正在向代表性不足的少数民族提供偏好，以使整个阶层更加多样化。好。但他们中的任何人能否告诉我的Lyft司机朋友，为什么他的孩子应该要达到比白人孩子更高的学术标准？想象一下，黑人孩子要进入哈佛大学，其SAT成绩要比白人孩子高140分才行？

Part.2

凡事总需研究，才会明白。

Personally I am extremely grateful to America's education system as , including two graduate degrees from MIT. And I love the diversity of the campuses as much as anyone. My families also did extremely well. As well I absolutely believe that you can be successful anywhere; there are many great colleges in America.

就个人而言，我非常感谢美国的教育体系，因为我在这个过程中获得了全额奖学金，包括麻省理工学院的两个研究生学位。我和所有人一样喜欢校园的多样性。我的家人也做得非常好。美国有很多很棒的大学；我也绝对相信你可以在任何地方取得成功。

But this problem is very very real. In recent years I have been working with a lot of Chinese students. Everyone knows that they have to score much higher (and do much more) to get into a top American college. It is tough for Chinese Americans (and virtually impossible for Chinese Chinese, but I won't go there). So I completely understand the anger of the Chinese American community. I applaud Jeff Sessions in saying that "no American should be denied admission to school because of their race". It has come to light that Harvard justify limiting Asian enrollment by scoring the Chinese American applicants low on personality rating.

但这个问题非常现实。近年来，我一直与很多中国学生一起工作。每个人都知道，他们必须得到更高的分数（并做更多）才能进入一所美国顶尖大学。这对美籍华人而言很难（而中国华人几乎不可能，但我不会去那里）。所以我完全理解来自华裔社区的愤怒。我很赞赏杰夫塞申斯所说的“没有美国人应该因为种族而被拒绝入学”。据透露，哈佛大学通过对美籍华人申请人的个性评分得分较低来证明限制亚洲入学率是合理的。

This is a disgrace and just plainly wrong. Shame on Harvard. I hope this case makes to the Supreme court.

这是一种耻辱，而且显然是错误的。（我）为哈佛感到羞耻。我希望这个案子能够提交到最高法院。

Part.3

正确地做事，还是做正确的事

It is easy for those of us who have made it to dismiss the claim. It takes courage and compassion for people who have made it to stand up against a system that has helped them succeed, but we must. I too believe a great society should give opportunities to the disadvantaged, of ALL races and skin colors. Let's stand up for what is right.

对我们那些人而言驳回这一诉求很容易。而对于那些需要站出来对抗帮助他们取得成功的体系的人来说，需要勇气和同情心，但我们必须这样做。我也相信一个伟大的社会应该为所有种族和肤色的弱势群体提供机会。让我们站出来捍卫正确的事。