Affirmative Action

Is basically just discrimination against Asians.  But the interesting thing -- Asians don't seem too bothered by it.

A couple, perhaps borderline racist, hypotheses:

1.  Asian American communities primarily see their children in competition against each other and not other ethnic groups.  Since affirmative action is basically African American and Hispanic kids getting into college at the expense of Asian students, the emotional toll of getting shorted is not very strong.

2.  Asian American communities view their well being in relation to their home countries (or other Asian countries) and despite some unfairness in the American system, prefer it to the nepotism very prevalent in Asian countries.

3.  Asians tend to be frugal (go buy Asian groceries for evidence) and don't mind sending their kids to UCSB instead of Dartmouth because dollar for dollar UCSB is probably a better deal.

4.  Asian Americans have their own communities that are not as attached to the traditional WASPY institutions like the Ivy League, Stanford, Duke, etc, and therefore do not value those institutions as much as say, someone with family who has attended such institutions.  Obviously, Asian Americans still strive and attend these places, I'm just suggesting at the margin, the gravitational pull is not as strong.

5.  Asian Americans tend to not put their energies into American politics and instead focus on economic achievement.

Those are just some hypotheses.  I'm half Asian.