Start this week’s discussion by reading Kidder’s research and the impo

Start this week’s discussion by reading Kidder’s research and the important differentiation between affirmative action and negative action. Then read the other three articles, which lay out claims about where Asian Americans stand (and have stood) with regard to affirmative action and assess your own position.For your prompt, address why you think a large portion of Asian Americans support affirmative action while anti-affirmative action elements seem more visible?Do those groups seem to differentiate between negative action versus affirmative action? Moreover, consider your own position: how valuable is diversity is to a university campus?Why is affirmative action based on race such a hot-button issue when universities regularly grant preferential treatment to students who don’t meet the standards of merit, such as athletes or legacies (e.g., children of alumni, especially those who donate to the university — a sentiment illustrated in the political cartoon below)?Why are those admissions not questioned?Should they be? http://media.asian-nation.org/Kidder-Negative-Action.pdf http://blog.angryasianman.com/2014/10/most-asian-americans-oppose-affirmative.html https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-taking-college-spots-from-top-asian-americans-privileged-whites https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/03/dont-use-asian-americans-to-justify-anti-affirmative-action-politics/?utm_term=.4d646833fccc