| 背景材料：亞裔美國人入讀美國大學必須符合比別的族裔更高的入學標準。過去幾十年，美國高法兩次支持這個政策。如今，高法大法官的構成發生了變化，許多有關法律專家從而認為，在審理對該政策作出新挑戰的《費歇爾對得克薩斯大學》（"Fisher vs. University of Texas."）一案時，高法可能做出新的不同判決。（更多信息請參見http://80-20initiative.blogspot.com/2011/12/80-20-may-fight-against-higher.html.） 80-20教育基金會將針對《費歇爾對得克薩斯大學》一案，向高法呈交法律文書，呼籲改變大學入學政策中的種族傾向。主張“種族中立”（race neutral）和“擇優錄取”（merit-based）的大學招生政策。80-20協會正在收集簽名。為了能夠對高法的判決產生一定影響，他們至少需要50,000個簽名。如果您支持該行動，請點擊下面的鏈接並簽名： 我剛剛去簽了名。迄今已有1497人簽了名。我發現有一些AGAINST的投票。而且這些人表明自己是亞裔。不知道是確實反對還是理解錯誤。所以在此特別說一下：如果您支持80-20的立場，主張“種族中立”（race neutral）和“擇優錄取”（merit-based）的大學招生政策，你應該點擊FOR，而不是AGAINST. A great moment has arrived. The Supreme Court has decided to review
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as an honor badge. They admit unqualified students who would later feel
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http://www.80-20EF.org . * When a survey of 50,000 AsAm participants is projected to the national
population scale, it will be equivalent to 1,000,000 people having taken
the survey, since the national population is 20 times larger. Speak your piece at our poster board. I welcome you!
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