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October 31st, 2008
Presidential Campaigns Reach Out to Asian Americans
Posted by EugeniaChris Lu, Obama’s chief of staff in the Senate and also a senior adviser for the Obama campaign, debated McCain campaign volunteers in Annandale, VA on October 28. Some excerpts from NewsBlaze:
On Asian American federal judges and executives -
Lu said that Obama supports the 80-20 Initiative’s goal of increasing the number of Asian American federal judges and executives to a level proportional to the number of Asian Americans in the U.S. population.
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“There is still a glass ceiling,” Lu said, but Obama is trying to change that. He cited his own selection as Obama’s chief of staff as an example of the candidate’s commitment to diversity and said Obama’s previous chief of staff also was an Asian American. Obama also has a half sister of Indonesian ancestry married to a Chinese Canadian
On affirmative action -
Lu said Obama supports affirmative action, but “the system is not perfect.” He said that race should be a factor, but that people should also consider other issues such as socioeconomic background. He said Obama understands that the system does disadvantage Asian Americans at times. Affirmative action describes policies intended to promote access to education and employment for historically and socio-politically nondominant groups.
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