Senate Democrats recently voted down an amendment that would have barred “Federal funding for any institution of higher
education that discriminates against Asian Americans in recruitment, applicant
review, or admissions.” The amendment was sponsored by Ted Cruz, John Kennedy,
and Bill Haggerty. Cruz stated: “This amendment is straight-forward, it targets
the ongoing discrimination that is being directed against Asian-Americans by
colleges and universities across the country.” He noted that many universities
have been unjustly “denying admission to qualified Asian-American applicants in
favor of underrepresented minority groups,” and added that the Department of
Justice had recently sued these universities, until President Joe Biden put a
stop to the lawsuits.
This isn’t the first time Democrats have treated
Asian-Americans like second-class citizens…or worse. Think Franklin Roosevelt
and the internment of roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans in World War II, most of whom were actually
American citizens.
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy said, “We have major
universities in this country that are discriminating in admissions against
Asian-Americans. Discrimination is discrimination.” He added, “This is wrong,
it is contemptible, it is odious.”
Cruz put up the amendment as part of a vote on
Senate legislation called the “COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act” that would
require “expedited review of hate crimes” by the Department of Justice. The
“COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act” was proposed by Hawaii Democratic Senator Mazie
Hirono and would “establish online reporting of hate crimes or incidents” and
“expand public education campaigns aimed at raising awareness of hate crimes
and reaching victims.”
Ironically, Hirono voted against the amendment targeting
discrimination perpetrated against Asians by so-called institutions of higher
learning, calling it a “cynical attack” on universities that seek to “increase
diversity.” (Hirono’s legislation is awaiting a vote in the U.S. House of
Representatives.)
To recap, Democrats are virtually saying, “We have to protect the
structural ability to discriminate against Asians (and white people) if we are
to finally eliminate systemic racism in this country. Anyone with a brain knows
that not discriminating against Asians (and white people) is racist!”
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