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While I do not want to take away from the large struggles that African Americans and hispanics/latinos face (I very well understand them, having attended a public high school in the NYC suburbs with over 70% being black in one of the most affluent counties in the US, where most of the affluent white parents moved their kids to nearby top 100 public schools or private schools), as a Korean American, I have encountered subtle reverse discrimination. It is partly due to luck that I have overcome the effects of such discrimination to succeed.

I would like to see us move towards a help people who need it mentality, and not have to worry so much about the ethnicity of the person who needs it. I realize that this isn't quite possible currently due to the strong correlation between the two at the moment, but it is the long term goal that would prevent this type of issue from perpetuating.




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