{"product_id":"an-inconvenient-minority-the-attack-on-asian-american-excellence-and-the-fight-for-meritocracy-9781635767810","title":"An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eJournalist Kenny Xu's book \"An Inconvenient Minority\" examines affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence, revealing how Asians have been forced to assume mastery of the nation's technical and intellectual machinery despite policy proposals excluding them from the upper ranks of the elite. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 September 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a journalist on the frontlines of the  Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard  case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence with its far-reaching implications—from seedy test-prep centers to gleaming gifted-and-talented magnet schools, to top colleges and elite business, media, and political positions across America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven in the midst of a nationwide surge of bias and incidents against them, Asians from coast to coast have quietly assumed mastery of the nation's technical and intellectual machinery and become essential American workers. Yet, they've been forced to do so in the face of policy proposals—written in the name of diversity—excluding them from the upper ranks of the elite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn An Inconvenient Minority, journalist Kenny Xu traces elite America's longstanding unease about a minority potentially upending them. Leftist agendas, such as eliminating standardized testing, doling out racial advantages to \"preferred\" minorities, and lumping Asians into \"privileged\" categories despite their deprived historical experiences, have spurred Asian Americans to act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing beyond the  Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard  case, Xu unearths the skewed logic rippling countrywide, from Mayor Bill de Blasios attempted makeover of New York City's Specialized School programs to the battle over \"diversity\" quotas in Google's and Facebook's progressive epicenters, to the rise of Asian American activism in response to unfair perceptions and admission practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsian Americans' time is now, as they increase their direct action and amplify their voices in the face of mounting anti-Asian attacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Inconvenient Minority chronicles the political and economic repression an.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 215 x 139 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781635767810\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kenny Xu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44098822111482,"sku":"9781635767810","price":10.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1666961851767_book.jpg?v=1667291031","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/an-inconvenient-minority-the-attack-on-asian-american-excellence-and-the-fight-for-meritocracy-9781635767810","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}