1/4 #Census #Race and Ethnicity data quick takes - Headlines are emphasizing white population decline...but! Non-Hispanic White people still make up the majority (nearly 60%) of US, and they comprise the largest group in ALL but 3 states (Hawaii, CA, NM) washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/… (2/4) Headlines align w/ racial anxieties & perceptions of anti-white discrimination (note @PRRIpoll data-Republicans more likely to say whites face discrimination than to say Blacks, Latinos, or Asians face discrimination -these views intensifying according to @nataliemj10

I did review of 4 types of data, 9 sources on anti-Asian hate. The data challenge dominant narrative - perpetrators not mostly Black, victims not mostly elderly, & anti-Asian hate, while horrific, not mostly violent. via @kimmythepooh @NBCAsianAmerica nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame… Ful report is here: docs.google.com/document/d/19l…

Conservative group and some Chinese American suing Harvard for racial discrimination in a case that could end affirmative action. Case goes to trial next Monday. My story of why I support affirmative action as an Asian American and parent. #DefendDiversity chronicle.com/article/Actual… Last week, Trump's Department of Justice opened investigation at Yale charging anti-Asian discrimination -latest attempt by Trump administration to take aim at the long-standing practice of allowing race to be used as one of many factors, and never only one in admissions.