哈佛今年录取新生少数族裔首度过半? 近日里,大小媒体纷纷报导,今年哈佛录取新生少数族裔首度过半。请看, FOX News:For the first time in its 380 years of operation, Harvard University will have an incoming freshman class where the majority of students are minorities. (哈佛大学在其380年史上,首次将有入学新生多数为少数族裔。) http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/04/with-harvards-incoming-class-minorities-will-be-majority-this-fall.html
NY POST: Minorities make up the majority of Harvard’s Class of 2021 — for the first time in the school’s 380-year history, according to reports. http://nypost.com/2017/08/04/minorities-make-up-majority-of-harvards-incoming-class/ …
其中有不少称是引自《波士顿环球报》,
Boston Globe:For the first time in Harvard University’s history, the majority of students accepted into the incoming freshman class are not white, a milestone for an institution that prides itself on educating future presidents, CEOs, and world leaders. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/02/harvard-incoming-class-majority-nonwhite/5yOoqrsQ4SePRRNFemuQ2M/story.html 各文中,引述了哈佛今年的录取数据。2017年的录取新生中50.8%来自少数族裔。其中,亚裔占22.2%,是人数最多的少数族裔学生;14.6%是非裔,11.6%是拉丁族裔,2.5%是原住民或太平洋岛人。称这是历年来首度过半,去年则是47.3%。 一些中文媒体也相继跟着报导,“哈佛新生少数族裔首度过半亚裔最多”“打破創校380年紀錄!哈佛新生少數族裔首度過半”…。 看得好奇,便查阅了一下去年四月《Harvard Magazine》上由HARVARD COLLEGE所发的文告。内有这么一段, A record 14 percent of the admitted students are African-American and 22.1 percent are Asian-American, also a record. Latinos are 12.7 percent after last year’s record 13.3 percent; Native Americans are 2.2 percent (1.5 percent last year) and Native Hawaiians 0.4 percent (0.5 percent last year).” Of the admitted students, 48.4 percent are women (up fractionally from last year), and about 15 percent are first-generation college students. 说的是,2016年的录取新生中,亚裔占22.1%,14%非裔,12.7%拉丁族裔,2.6%是原住民或太平洋岛人。也就是说,去年,而非今年首度,哈佛就已有过半数的录取新生(约51.4%)为少数族裔。 顺带瞅一眼CNN是否会盲从。结果还是CNN在新闻报道查实(fact checking)上,要来得严谨。 CNN:Harvard College's admitted freshmen last year became the first class in the school's multi-century history comprised of mostly nonwhite students. And again, for the second year in a row, the majority of students invited to attend the prestigious college this year identify as ethnic minorities. 说得明明白白,哈佛录取新生中的少数族裔过半,去年为首度,今年是二度。 这里面有两个趣点。一是“假新闻”的传播,更可能通过的是川普所赞赏倚重的FOX NEWS。 二是哈佛今年的录取数据发布在3月31日,这少数族裔过半消息,未见当时引起多家媒体注意,却在这两日成了大新闻。 原因对大家来说,并不奇怪。不就是因那被某公众号当作“重大喜讯!”来报的,川普政府周二发令调查大学录取中的“逆向歧视”问题么?紧接着,纽约时报发文《哈佛被诉招生歧视亚裔,偏袒其他少数族裔》(https://cn.nytstyle.com/education-career/20170804/affirmative-action-battle-has-a-new-focus-asian-americans/),将哈佛和亚裔学生的名校录取问题推上了风口浪尖。
一好友曾评论过:亚裔在名校over represent是一个太醒目的靶子。除了印裔华裔之外,没有别人会觉得是正常现象。
一些微信群友近日指出:现在川普调查用亚裔名义调查AA,就是想把亚裔拿出来打非裔,西裔。到时候,非裔西裔恨的不是白人,而是亚裔,甚至是华人。把亚裔/华人推向其它族裔的对立面,最后落得孤家寡人。有些亚裔被利用了还不知道。 哈佛录取新生中的族裔组成数据通过各媒体传播,应算是哈佛大学针对其歧视亚裔的指责和诉讼,向全美各族裔作一交代和公告。其录取新生中少数族裔已过半、亚裔最多的实情,让更多人了解得更清楚后,对亚裔学生力争更多的名校录取额,是福还是会有可能不利?
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