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Submission as one plus factor in its overall assessment and the overall calculation for a lot of asian-american advocates who have been defending the plaintiffs in this case, and in the harvard case. theyre focusing on grades, gpa and s.a.t.s and if asian-americans are doing best on these two measures, why arent they doing better in their admission rates. those arent the only two measures that predict or constitute and harvards plan looks at trying to get well-rounded applicants and looking at d...

You, and forgive my ignorance with these questions and this is why you are here to help walk us through this. when we say the aapi community, that includes a lot of people. im curious why the dissent against affirmative action comes from mostly a small sect of the chinese-american part of the community. why do you think that is? >> well, this particular group of chinese-americans are a conservative, affluent, immigrant population that mobilized into these views to protect the educational opportu...

And that cant be said of a lot of people. >> this time. she voted for trump keep in mind in 2020. lets not give mer a medal yet. i want to -- the only way this changes is when regular americans especially republican voters decide they are done with this mess. in ohio im sure you are familiar with the story. earlier this week. affluent primarily white suburb of cleveland. where the on lieutenant after he attempted to talk at a memorial day service about black soldiers who helped dig graves for ci...

Take for example nearby langley high school in the affluent mclean, virginia, suburb of d.c. students have been learning from home for the better part of year and yet this is how principal kim greer welcomed them back to campus. despite the jubilation we feel about returning to in person learning, the pandemic has been framed by social strife. one year ago our country supported the black lives matter movement and names were members such as breonna taylor and george floyd. okay. the whole country...

19605 data, birth rates are roughly at 1960s levels. somehow you have got to pay for an ageing population with new people coming into the workforce and paying their taxes, said the decision has been made to ease this off to a three child policy. but as people have become more affluent, if you are a poor farmer people have become more affluent, if you are a poorfarmer in people have become more affluent, if you are a poor farmer in the 1970s, more kids means more hands to work the farm. young, af...

They are thinking in certain areas, they need to replenish the population. but as with any country, as a population becomes more affluent, they dont want to have as many kids and basically its because when youre in a poor country, every new child is a new worker. when you get richer, you dont need all these worker children to keep the farm going and what have you and many families, the more affluent ones are happy enoughjust to have one child. so it will be interesting to see how much of an upti...

But the headache for the authorities has been that they eased off one—child policy into a two—child policy, and it didnt result in a big uptake in people availing themselves with the opportunity for multiple children. in fact, according to the most recent census data here, birth rates are roughly at 1960s levels. now somehow you have got to pay for an ageing population with new people coming into the workforce, paying their taxes or whatever, and so the decision has been made to ease this of...

One—child policy into a two—child policy, and it didnt result in a big uptake in people availing themselves with the opportunity for multiple children. in fact, according to the most recent census data here, birth rates are roughly at 1960s levels. now somehow you have got to pay for an ageing population with new people coming into the workforce, paying their taxes or whatever, and so the decision has been made to ease this off to a three child policy. but as people have become more affluent...

Its a pretty bleak, rainy day in china — i went out to buy a coffee and, all of a sudden, the news was popping up on peoples phones. you could see them looking at their mobile phones — bling, bling, bling — the headlines are coming through and the chatter around the cafe, "three—child this, three—child that". and, you know, people are talking about what this means for them, but the headache for the authorities has been that they eased off one—child policy into a two—child policy an...

In fact, according to the most recent census data, birth rates are roughly at 1960s levels. somehow you have got to pay for an ageing population with new people coming into the workforce and paying their taxes or whatever, so the decision has been made to ease this off to a three child policy. but as people have become more affluent here, if you are a poor farmer in the 1970s, more kids means more hands to work the farm. young, affluent couples in the cities dont want that any more. so many have...