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by nkurz 3551 days ago
I'd forgotten about his role in that case. It makes me admire him even more for standing by his principles that racial origin should not be a factor in determining college admissions. Does his argument that Asian Americans should not be discriminated against by state universities also bother you?

Here's more background on the case: https://www.propublica.org/article/a-colorblind-constitution...

And here are the two amici that Cheng co-authored:

http://www.asianamericanlegal.com/images/AALFAmicusBriefs/AA...

http://asianamericanforeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015...

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> The group meticulously selected the people who would elicit both sympathy and outrage, who were pristine in form and character.

This is an excellent strategy, a unifying strategy, and one that seems lacking in today's social media driven activism.