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jonjon42 · 07-31-2005, 10:01 PM

Ustwo...If you want to meet an asian doctor that will break your stereotype, give my uncle a ring. :P

Anyways, I think AA is a mixed blessing at best.
I am a halfie, half-korean half generic white mix (mostly irish)
I sometimes benefit from AA but it has also hurt me. At school I had to deal with alot of shit about me being the AA student the first year and thus somehow not as smart (proud to say I have a 4.0 still). AA itself I don't believe is the problem. The perception of AA is becoming the problem. I really don't know if I have benefited from it or not in truth. I really don't think about it much. I will say this, this is a rather white school (about 95 percent I think), and I wouldn't mind seeing more diversity on campus.

07-31-2005, 10:01 PM	#66 (permalink)
jonjon42 Psycho Location: inside my own mind	Ustwo...If you want to meet an asian doctor that will break your stereotype, give my uncle a ring. :P Anyways, I think AA is a mixed blessing at best. I am a halfie, half-korean half generic white mix (mostly irish) I sometimes benefit from AA but it has also hurt me. At school I had to deal with alot of shit about me being the AA student the first year and thus somehow not as smart (proud to say I have a 4.0 still). AA itself I don't believe is the problem. The perception of AA is becoming the problem. I really don't know if I have benefited from it or not in truth. I really don't think about it much. I will say this, this is a rather white school (about 95 percent I think), and I wouldn't mind seeing more diversity on campus. __________________ A damn dirty hippie without the dirty part....