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October 11, 2018

Asians, Jews, and Harvard

The Association for Asian-American Studies is happy to condemn Israel but won’t condemn quotas on Asian Americans.

A group of Asian-American students are currently suing Harvard University for discrimination, claiming that the school has an unpublicized cap on the number of Asian Americans it will accept in any given year. Yet despite its commitment to political activism—including a boycott of Israel—the Association for Asian-American Studies (AAAS), has no intention of supporting the suit. Jonathan Marks comments:

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October 11, 2018

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