The Many Types: Asian Americans

         Being Asian American, it was interesting to hear in to this forum in particular. It discussed the way Asian Americans are categorized in various situations such as college applications. I think it’s unfair that the category is so broad. When thinking about “Asian Americans” people only tend to think of East Asian people. South Asia is also a branch under the term Asian Americans. When using affirmative action at colleges, someone mentioned about our category is just “Asian Americans.” However, I believe that we need to break that term down, since there are so many branches. Affirmative action should then take place within those sub categories. Someone also mentioned how quotas shouldn’t exist when looking at admissions to a University. I should be based on who is the most qualified. Also, placing a quota on the amount of Asian Americans who are able to attend a certain university will prevent all sub categories of Asian Americans from being represented equally.