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Asians vs. Affirmative Action

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Merit should trump minority according to Asian-Americans who continue the fight against race-based entitlements in the US.

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Nearly 18 years ago, 61 percent of California’s Asian-American electorate opposed California’s Proposition 209, a statewide referendum, which barred race and ethnicity as considerations in state university admissions, government jobs and contracts.

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