Stereotypes of minorities—because they are inadequate and need special care.
Because of this kind of reverse discrimination, Asians need to study more diligently, but they will still be rejected by top competitive universities. For example, Chinese or Indian born in California, whose parents are middle-class, their origins are so “normal”, it is much more difficult to enter college than other ethnic groups.
There are also many Chinese people who choose to support the African American movement. They believe that if there is no African-American group that has fought for racial equality for many years, it will be difficult for Chinese Americans to enjoy many of the benefits today.
Through hard work, Asians have indeed won many positions in technology companies. However, if we continue to layer the internal structure of technology companies, we can see that the proportion of Asians in senior management is still lower than the proportion of the population. This is also the “bamboo ceiling” that Asians often refer to.
But in the United States, “reverse discrimination” has also developed into a politically incorrect term. Gary Garrels, the long-term chief curator of the SOMA Museum of Art in San Francisco, recently resigned under pressure.
He wrote an email to apologize:
“When I used the term ‘reverse discrimination’, I realized that it was an offensive term, and it was a very bad choice of wording for me.”
“I’m sorry to upset many employees.” “How can I say that collecting white art is important. As I have said, it is important that we do not exclude consideration of white male art.”
California’s ACA5 Race Equality Act has also caused a lot of controversy recently. The bill gives more job opportunities to ethnic minorities, and distributes positions in public institutions according to ethnic proportions. Under the bill, a certain percentage of positions must be allocated to ethnic minorities. Even if other ethnic groups have stronger working capabilities, they will not be able to obtain this position because they do not have minority status.