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    A question for Asian Americans celebrating affirmative action's end: What have we won?

    A few minutes after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, an email from the 80-20 Initiative, a Chinese political action group, landed in my inbox with the subject head "VICTORY." I racked my brain, but I couldn't think of anything about Thursday's decision that was a victory for Asian Americans. What have we won? In their email, the 80-20 Initiative's answer was "Equal opportunity ...
    by Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times Jul 01, 2023 3 minutes
    People with the Asian American Coalition for Education rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C. In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court Justices ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional, setting affirmative action precedent at other universities and colleges.

    A few minutes after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, an email from the 80-20 Initiative, a Chinese political action group, landed in my inbox with the subject head "VICTORY."

    I racked my brain, but I couldn't think of anything about Thursday's decision that was a victory for Asian Americans. What have we won?

    In their email, the 80-20 Initiative's answer was "Equal opportunity for Asian Americans in education." But that is false. The court's ruling makes the current method of achieving a diverse student body illegal, but doesn't replace it with anything. Colleges

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