Progressives' War on Merit-based School Admission is the 21st Century's Asian American Exclusion Act

It is unjust and unAmerican to punish Asian American children for their hard work by excluding them from good schools.

The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was the first immigration law that prevented immigration and naturalization based on race and nationality. The law suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers (skilled or unskilled) for ten years and was renewed multiple times. It was eventually repealed in 1943. Since then, the United States has made significant progress in racial equality. Today, Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. We’re also the most diverse, tracing our roots to more than 20 countries with unique cultures, languages, and histories. Yet, in the age of diversity and inclusion, we found our children facing another type of exclusion. This time is in education, an area almost synonymous with Asian Americans’ overall success.

It’s an open secret within the Asian American community that elite universities’ admission process has mistreated our children because we are not the “right” minority. We didn’t know the degree of unfairness until the Stu…