Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>

Situating University Affirmative Action Jurisprudence in the Contemporary Asian American Movement for Civil Rights

Authors
Shengdi Zhu1, *
1American Community School of Abu Dhabi, PO Box 42114, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
*Corresponding author. Email: shengdizhu@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Shengdi Zhu
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_267How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Asian Americans; Affirmative Action; University Admissions; Equality of Opportunity
Abstract

One of the most controversial issues facing the American socio-political apparatus is the question of affirmative action policies. In fact, the discourse around affirmative action has ventured beyond the scope of one social group, involving the unique perspectives of Asian Americans, with a constant focal point on one aspect of affirmative action policies: university admissions. This paper explores the distinct experiences of Asian Americans in American society and their contributions to the affirmative action debate by analyzing past and current United States Supreme Court cases and decisions, as well as evaluating the merits of affirmative action policies in their entirety. The work first looks at the origins of affirmative action and the first challenges to its legality. Then, the paper will discuss talking points from both sides of the affirmative action discourse while highlighting important implications these have on future policy making and the American political landscape.

Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>
Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_267
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_267How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Cite this article

risenwbib
TY  - CONF
AU  - Shengdi Zhu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - Situating University Affirmative Action Jurisprudence in the Contemporary Asian American Movement for Civil Rights
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2323
EP  - 2329
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_267
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_267
ID  - Zhu2022
ER  -