Affirmative Action for Taiwan’s Indigenous Students
- 9 months ago
The U.S. Supreme Court has ended affirmative action in the country. Its ruling says university admission policies that take race into account are unconstitutional — and many Taiwanese students seem to agree. Taiwan has its own version called the Indigenous Education Act, but recent scandals in Taiwanese campuses saw students attacking Indigenous classmates for a perceived “unfair advantage.”
On International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Zoom In Zoom Out speaks with policy researcher Margaret Tu. Tu is a Ph.D student in law at the University of Washington and also of Taiwanese Indigenous heritage. We discuss how these types of policies are both vital and still not enough.
On International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Zoom In Zoom Out speaks with policy researcher Margaret Tu. Tu is a Ph.D student in law at the University of Washington and also of Taiwanese Indigenous heritage. We discuss how these types of policies are both vital and still not enough.