In this special episode of Culture by Culture, Delia interviews Editor-in-Chief, Giannina Ong following the Affirmative Action Supreme Court decision. We have an open conversation about our reactions, the myth of the American Dream, how we can move forward, confronting opposing opinions, and more. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://culturexpodcast.com/episode/10-lets-talk-affirmative-action/

Background:

• You can read the decision re: “Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College” here.


• You can read a timeline of Affirmative Action here.


• Wine n’ Chill (a lawyer)’s reaction to the Court’s decision giving an overview, history, racial analysis, and a brief dive into the Clarence of it all.

Things discussed in this episode:

• Becky with the Bad Grades aka Abigail Fisher


• "The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans”


• Harvard legacy admissions statistic from the National Bureau of Economic Research


• 11% of UC system admits are Filipino, vs 44% Chinese Source: Kevin Nadal, Ph.D., Disaggregated data


• Berkley study on effects of California’s Affirmative Action ban, “Affirmative Action, Mismatch, and Economic Mobility After California’s Proposition 209”


• NPR article synthesizing study, “Here's what happened when affirmative action ended at California public colleges”


• 53% of Asian Americans who have heard of Affirmative Action think it’s a good thing Source: Pew Research


• Chinese for Affirmative Action


• Yuri Kochiyama


• Grace Lee Boggs


• History on Asian American work toward Affirmative Action, "Asian Americans Helped Build Affirmative Action. What Happened?”


• 89.6% of anti-Asian incidents in 2020 were perpetrated by white individuals Source: Virulent Hate project

Guest:

This episode’s guest is Giannina Ong from Mochi Mag! You can find her here:

• Mochi Mag - Site | Instagram | Twitter


• Giannina - Instagram

Find us online:

Site | Patreon | Instagram | Threads | Twitter

Credits:

Host, Executive Producer, Editor, Engineer: Delia
Personal Twitter | Personal Instagram | Personal Threads | Personal Site

About Culture by Culture:

Culture by Culture is a multidimensional podcast exploration into Black and Asian pop-cultural ties. Part sociology, history, and pop-culture podcast, it covers everything from deep-dives into our favorite gateway media, interviews with experts to help guide us through our historical and current cultural connections, and conversations with fellow nerds digging into our cultural identities and our pop-cultural interests.
Our mission is to understand and foster the unity that has historically existed between our cultures through our shared interests in each other’s pop-culture.