LogFAQs > #899071189

While I can't quantify how many other opportunities I may have lost due to affirmative action (because it's usually impossible to know the exact reason), I know from talking to a friend who worked in the HR department of a company where I interviewed that I was passed over for diversity reasons. Of course, there have been other times a less-qualified candidate got a job I had interviewed for, but there could be any number of possible alternative explanations including personal recommendations, etc.

Smarkil posted...

If you're chinese, you ain't gettin affirmative action my dude.

tbh, Asians do frequently complain about affirmative action programs because so many Asian students are able to get into good colleges based on their own merits. As such, they sometimes do the same thing as white students and lie about their ethnicity. That said, it's possible that it may advantage lower-performing Asian students applying to less impressive schools.
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