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Projecting? I'm not the one looking for an admissions hand-out because of x, y and z problems in my racial group. And that's exactly what he's doing- he's lecturing me on Black issues that he assumes I have a responsibility for over other social issues. I'm using the Asian experience to show him how absurd what he says seems from the other side. And affirmative action is an obvious iteration of the same theme: in many areas Asian-Americans have to work harder with smaller returns. If you want to make Affirmative Action about "fairness" than consider all sides.I think you're projecting. No where in their comment was it implied that you have an obligation to "prop up African-Americans" (whatever the hell that means). They were suggesting reading up on one of the thousands of books and articles and studies on racial disparities in health care because they exist. They weren't saying only African-Americans experience racial disparities in health care - it just so happened that the example he gave was an extreme disparity for black patients.
Anyway, you're very right that Asian-Americans have very little visibility/representation in politics and business, but if you're so upset that it's an issue that no one's paying attention to, then start talking about it. But you don't have to tear down one minority group's issue to spread awareness to your own. It's called solidarity.
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