In furtherance of the above analysis regarding the listing of two facts
together: 1) investigation of Harvard; and 2) increased admission rate for
Asian Americans into Harvard, I did a little research.
The referenced investigation was reported on Feb. 2, 2012. However, more
importantly, on Feb. 17, 2012, the U.S. Department of Education has closed
its investigation into alleged discrimination against Asian Americans in
Harvard’s admissions policies following the withdrawal of the initial
complaint.
Considering that the initiation and the closure of this investigation were
separated by ONLY 15 days, it is highly unlikely that the author who picked
ONLY the initiation of the investigation ACCIDENTALLY missed the end of the
investigation. Rather, the author ignored this fact!
Now it becomes clear not only the so-call investigation has most likely no
effect on the admission rate for Asian Americans into Harvard, it also
points out that author is manipulating the facts to buttress the claim that
80-20 should be credited for the increased admission rate by pressing the
discrimination button!
Further, it is also odd for me to find that the linkage or relationship of
the two seemingly irrelevant events was ONLY mentioned in the Chinese
version of the propaganda materials used by 80-20. Why not present these
two so-called correlated or even causal events in the same sentence in
English? One possible reason lies in the fact, if the author did, he would
be facing a lawsuit from Harvard because he is defaming a prestigious, world
-class university. Consequently, it leads to another question: why the
author used the same linkage in the Chinese version? One possible reason is
that the author thought a Chinese reader is easier to be fooled than an
English reader. Moreover, even if a Chinese reader finds out this pathetic,
ill-devised, defamation attack on Harvard, the same Chinese reader would not
launch a lawsuit against the author!
