Letters: Who gets into our colleges?

Re “Asians turn right?,” Opinion, April 16

Lanhee Chen tries to make the point that the Asian American community has come of political age following its opposition to a recent attempt in the California Legislature to reinstitute affirmative action in the state’s public colleges and universities.

It’s wrong to assume that the whole community opposes having diverse student bodies on our campuses, the goal of affirmative action. The misinformation put forth by those opposed to the initiative, known as SCA 5, appealed to people’s fears. They describe affirmative action as reestablishing quotas and racial preferences, which are illegal.

That said, we all need to work toward the goal of having more college graduates in all of our communities. We need to reinvest and increase the number of admission slots to all of our campuses, and continue to work to achieve more diversity because it makes for a better-educated student body and society.

Warren Furutani

Gardena

Anyone visiting the UCLA campus will find it obvious why the Asian American community did not support the Democrats’ attempt to reimpose affirmative action.

The great emphasis of such families on education makes it in their interest that there be a “level playing field” for their children. This is a disappointment for the Democratic Party.

Those who demonstrate superior scholastic ability should gain admission to higher education without regard to racial or statistical equity.

Jack Kaczorowski

Los Angeles

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