Ever since the first Asians arrived in America, there has been racism, prejudice, and discrimination against Asians. For too many years, Asians and American born Asians have been denied equal rights, harassed, physically attacked, and murdered for no justified reason. Asian Americans rarely ever report discrimination because they’re afraid that the people they report to will not do any good, for they are one of them. Asian Americans are discriminated everywhere in America, usually in places such as schools, work places, and even the military. Many Asian Americans were denied admission to Ivy League universities quite simply because they’re Asian. A high school student that has perfect SAT scores and eight advance placement classes should be able to go to any university he/she wishes to attend, right? That’s not the case for Asian Americans. Is it justifiable to approve admission to someone that has a lower SAT and is less worthy for the position just because they’re not Asian? Does it really matter what race one is, so long as they’re qualified and have met the requirements? There are quite a few cases that are in the process of going to court because of Ivy League schools denying admission to Asian American students that have perfect scores and grades. What is this phenomenon and why are the schools doing this? According to these Ivy League universities, they are trying to keep the schools diverse; they do not want to overflow their school with Asians. The schools’ argument was simply because of Affirmative Action, ‘“Affirmative action” means positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded. When those steps involve preferential selection—selection on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity—affirmative action generates intense controversy.’