Comments on: Yale To Poor People: Drop Dead…Literally

By: h08

h08 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:08:53 +0000

I may be missing something, but it seems that Mr. Su has a valid point. Removing the emotional element, it is true that population growth is concentrated amongst recent immigrants and the poorer classes of American society. Furthermore, it is also true that immigrants and poorer people tend to hold less well-paying jobs (duh) and depend more heavily on government handouts to support their children. Given these two facts, it does make sense to disincentivize poorer people from having children. Indeed, if a family cannot provide for several children, it is recklessly irresponsible to have several children. Having children is not a right that everybody is entitled to regardless of their situation – it would be nice if that were the case, but American hegemony will not last long if an increasingly large portion of the federal budget goes towards enabling people to make immature and irresponsible decisions.

And for the record, I myself am a minority from the poorer classes (also an only child).

By: Big Red

Big Red — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:41:01 +0000

What is funny is that Asian students use the good old foreign student loophole to get in when their English language abilities are not up to par. They also take advantage of liberal entry laws when other groups are turned away or have to live without the benefits of legal residence, i.e, financial aid, poverty programs, etc. Then they take advantage of the American system of education (as well as the economy, infrastructure and creativity) that they are lacking at home. Americans have always been willing to accept Asians just because they seem to be docile and meek and not a threat, neither adding or taking away from our political, cultural and social life. I always thought that it was good that a group of immigrants were given advantages. Now not so much.

By: Sense

Sense — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:04:11 +0000

Here’s a question: why does anyone care? You all go to Yale; you have bigger image issues to worry about than what some guy said on a whim.

By: yale not in favor

yale not in favor — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:38:57 +0000

in response to Yale ‘11 — this is absolutely not just abou disagreement. Is is about journalistic responsibility and not being given free reign to offend entire groups of people without basis. This is only one example of a string of racially offensive things that have been printed in Yale publications recently, and it obviously indicates that there is a systemic problem. He may not be worth listening to but it is definitely worth discussing since people are affected by stereotypical viewpoints like his everyday (as demonstrated by some of the offensive things that people have posted on the blog).

By: hownowbrowncow

hownowbrowncow — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:15:53 +0000

I’m sorry, but saying that China-born Chinese have a slightly skewed vision of socio-economic policy is about as racist as saying that black people appreciate the occasional hip-hop track or that Vietnamese people, more often than not, have really small bone structure. He can’t help his influences. That’s not racism. That’s realism.

By: Yale '11

Yale '11 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:58:28 +0000

I’m sorry, but… why do so many people care again? “oh shit, someone disagrees with me! GRARRRRRGGG!”

Personally I think they might’ve published it to incite animosity against China, since a lot of people aren’t too happy about our university’s uber-cozy relations with it.

But again, I ask… why the hell do so many people care what this kid thinks? Are y’all so paranoid that if you don’t IMMEDIATELY DENOUNCE THIS EVIL RACIST BASTARD that, gasp, /you/ might be perceived as racist, too?

I’m really kinda sick of the pc crap. If he’s stupid, uneducated, ignorant, etc- he’s not worth listening to or discussing.

By: Marta

Marta — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:32:31 +0000

I can only imagine what Su plans to do after graduation! Would consulting or finance hire a guy who a simple Google search reveals to be an inevitable racial discrimination defendant?

By: yale not in favor

yale not in favor — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:45:29 +0000

I know I stand for a lot of people in saying that yalies neither approve nor agree with the arguments put forth in the article and it was a serious error on the part of the ydn to print it. However, what is even worse is that many of the people responding have turned it into an opportunity to say worse, sterotypical and racist comments that they have no basis for. I am appalled by some of the generalizations that have been made Xiaochen speaks neither for yale nor for all Chinese-Americans, so don’t try to use this as fodder for your racism and bigotry.

By: yale not in favor

yale not in favor — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:43:09 +0000

By: y'08

y'08 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:04:18 +0000

Um, satire? No? Swift references. The kids from China. I’d give him the benefit of a doubt before I got all riled up over an opinion piece…