{"product_id":"an-inconvenient-minority-the-harvard-admissions-case-and-the-attack-on-asian-american-excellence-9781635767810","title":"An Inconvenient Minority: The Harvard Admissions Case and the Attack on Asian American Excellence","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a journalist on the frontlines of the \u003ci\u003eStudents for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard\u003c\/i\u003e case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence with its far-reaching implications--from seedy test-prep centers to gleaming gifted-and-talented magnet schools, to top colleges and elite business, media, and political positions across America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even in the midst of a nationwide surge of bias and incidents against them, Asians from coast to coast have quietly assumed mastery of the nation's technical and intellectual machinery and become essential American workers. Yet, they've been forced to do so in the face of policy proposals―written in the name of diversity―excluding them from the upper ranks of the elite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAn Inconvenient Minority\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Kenny Xu traces elite America's longstanding unease about a minority potentially upending them. Leftist agendas, such as eliminating standardized testing, doling out racial advantages to \"preferred\" minorities, and lumping Asians into \"privileged\" categories despite their deprived historical experiences have spurred Asian Americans to act. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Going beyond the \u003ci\u003eStudents for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard\u003c\/i\u003e case, Xu unearths the skewed logic rippling countrywide, from Mayor Bill de Blasio's attempted makeover of New York City's Specialized School programs to the battle over \"diversity\" quotas in Google's and Facebook's progressive epicenters, to the rise of Asian American activism in response to unfair perceptions and admission practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Asian Americans' time is now, as they increase their direct action and amplify their voices in the face of mounting anti-Asian attacks. \u003ci\u003eAn Inconvenient Minority\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the political and economic repression and renaissance of a long ignored racial identity group―and how they are central to reversing America's cultural decline and preserving the dynamism of the free world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635767810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Kenny Xu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289486921909,"sku":"9781635767810","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_53131d98-1dbb-41ea-a90e-27b59eac20cd.jpg?v=1658200367","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-inconvenient-minority-the-harvard-admissions-case-and-the-attack-on-asian-american-excellence-9781635767810","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}