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Asian-Americans are the United States’ most successful minority, but they are complaining ever more vigorously about discrimination, especially in academia


The Economist, Oct 3rd 2015 | From the print edition


Michael Wang, a young Californian, came second in his class of 1,002 students; his ACT score was 36, the maximum possible; he sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration; he got third place in a national piano contest; he was in the top 150 of a national maths competition; he was in several national debating-competition finals. But when it came to his university application he faced a serious disappointment for the first time in his glittering career. He was rejected by six of the ...