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On The College Admissions Battle Front

(A) The Trump Administration's lawsuit against Yale Univ., alleging discrimination against AsAm applicants, has been dropped by Biden's Dept.  
of Justice. Frankly, in the college admissions issue, the Biden Administration will NOT be on our side, although it is better for us in many other issues than the Trump Administration.

80-20 doesn't have the ability to give you a perfect political world. But 80-20 shall work hard to advise you on how to take advantage of the pro-AsAm features of either a Democratic administration or a Republican administration.

(B) This month, our side will ask the Supreme Court to look at our lawsuit against Harvard. The Supreme Court is likely to decide in June. Exciting!

Dolly Parton versus Marsha Blackburn

Did you catch the Super-bowl TV ad that featured Dolly Parton? Dolly seems like a much better senator for TN than Blackburn. Blackburn still refuses to withdraw her outrageous tweet denigrating the history of China. Utter ignorance and proud of it?

Why Are the Jewish So Powerful In Politics?

New immigrants from Asia intuitively believe that running for political offices & helping political candidates are the only ways to achieve political influence in order to protect themelves.  NO, no, no! In the US, REAL political INFLUENCE coming from well-organized NGOs (non-government organiza-
tions) like AIPAC (Am. Israel Public Affairs Comm) could be much stronger. This is particularly valid when it comes to protecting the rights of a small ethnic community e.g. the Jewish or the AsAm community.

You don't believe it? Then find out which has more political power: AIPAC or any of the 9 Jewish US Senators and 29 Jewish Congresspersons? Ask any US politician who operates at a high political level. Their answer shall be: "AIPAC by miles!"

Why? This is so against recent immigrants' empirical experience in Asia!

The reason is that in the US, all elected officials have huge vulnerability during re-election time. Wealthy individuals and/or powerful NGOa can stir up resentment among the constituents of the elected officials to defeat them. In contrast, AIPAC and all other PACs don't face re-election. So long as AIPAC has the support of the national Jewish community; has a big war chest & has a political brain, it can easily act independently to protect the Jewish interest, including inducing elected officials to help along greatly.

The following illustrates AIPAC's political power. AIPAC is well-known to have targeted and defeated many well-known elected officials (click here & look for Sec. 3.2, "Targeting", 2nd paragraph) including Sen. William Fulbright of AR (D) and Sen. Charles Percy of IL (R) because of their disagreement over the issue of Israel. AIPAC is feared (see 2nd paragraph.). A lot of elected officials started to exercise SELF-RESTRAINT when it came to issues pushed by AIPAC. Some would even jump on AIPAC's bandwagon to hitch a ride.

The above is why the Jewish community is so politically powerful - it has AIPAC! Of course, having the many elected Jewish officials is also important. AIPAC and the elected Jewish officials help and complement each other.

NOTE that appointed ethnic officials can not act independently to protect their ethnic community either. Their boss will get rid of them.

Please read the above several times. Compare the situation of the Jewish community to that of the AsAm community. Compare the actions of AIPAC to that of 80-20*, and THINK and ACT!

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S. B. Woo
President and a volunteer for the past 22 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization.

* Think about issues like (1) defeating CA’s Prop. 16, (2) putting pressure on Sen. Blackburn to withdraw and apologize for her outrageous tweet, (3) fighting against Harvard’s discrimination against AsAm applicants, & (4) convincing Pres. Obama to appoint more AsAm federal judges. Which is more effective? The elected or appointed AsAm officials or 80-20 Initiative?
There is one BIG difference between AIPAC & 80-20 initiative. 80-20 focuses on US domestic policies only to protect AsAm's rightful interests.

Note: AsAm officials and PACs have NOT begun to help and complement
each other yet, owing to our lack of political maturity. :-( If you are a constituent
of AsAm elected officials, urge them to work with 80-20! It's a win-win.

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)