[Please sign up here to have the Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.] This year, we published hundreds of articles on race, identity and discrimination, including stories on the history of lynching Latinos, what it’s like to be the only African-American mathematician at a university and the novelty of Asian actors playing Asian characters. It was perhaps the most ambitious endeavor on race that The Times released this year, and it is among many other fine contributions. This uncomfortable dynamic, in which two minorities are pitted against each other, was particularly on display during the Harvard affirmative action lawsuit this year. This article, written by Jay Caspian Kang, is an exploration of the complex experiences, feelings and motivations that Asian-American students have on this issue.

Source: New York Times December 26, 2019 20:03 UTC