This is precisely the reason why affirmative action/outreach efforts should be based on socioeconomic status, not race or gender.
This vietnamese guy has hard a much harder time of it than any black, middle class, female growing up in a nice middle class suburb, but he's the one who's discriminated against during college admission and job interviews, and applications for scholarships and coding academies and such.
I couldn't agree more. That's how it is where I live and there aren't many brilliant people who are barred from getting good education because of financial problems.
This vietnamese guy has hard a much harder time of it than any black, middle class, female growing up in a nice middle class suburb, but he's the one who's discriminated against during college admission and job interviews, and applications for scholarships and coding academies and such.