Arthur Hu |
Arthur Hu was
born in Los Angeles in 1958, and is Chinese-American. He grew up in Renton / Seattle
WA, and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1981 with a
masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Arthur does not shy away from controversy: He documented and publicized the fact that at
MIT black students are ranked in the academic top 10% nationally, but are in the academic
bottom 10% at MIT.
At this writing (03-17-05), Mr. Hu
is a computer science professor at a technical university in Seattle Washington. |
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In his work as a high tech software engineer, Mr. Hu's accomplishments include having
written the first Lotus 1-2-3 compatible DOS spreadsheet "Twin" by Mosaic
Software in 1984. His software expertise includes multimedia, CAD, Windows, and
web-based projects.
In 1989 Mr. Hu filed a complaint with the Department of Education which resulted in a
revision of University of California admissions policies in the 1990's. Mr. Hu's
efforts played a major role in getting UC Berkeley and UCLA to drop their informal quota
systems.
In 1993 Arthur Hu was instrumental in publicizing racial discrimination by the the San
Jose fire department against two white firefighters (the Englers). Mr. Hu's efforts
resulted in helping the white firefighters gain legal representation and ultimately
resulted in forcing the City of San Jose to hire them. Mr. Hu continues to monitor
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On 03-17-05, Arthur Hu provided this update on his activities:
"I am about to check into MIT's
diversity pledge to double the number of undergrad under-represented minority students.
The problem is that it looks like MIT has already got 20% minority enrollment,
which just about constitutes parity (proportional representation) with 10% black /
Hispanics. A pledge by MIT to double that to 40% would constitute over-representation
relative to whites. Whites at MIT are probably already underrpresented at about 50%
of enrollment due to "over" enrollment of Asians and international students at
MIT." -- Arthur Hu |
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During Washington State's political fracas regarding Initiative 200, Arthur was selected
to participate in an NAACP debate on affirmative action. (I-200, which was passed by
Washington State voters, outlaws the use of racial and gender preferences in that state's
employment, educational admissions, and state contract awards.)
Arthur's political experience includes his recent campaign for Superintendent of Public
Instruction for Washington State in 2000. He made a great showing for a political
newcomer, and came within 1 percentage point of getting #2 in that non-partisan race.
Currently, Arthur is advocating against "standards based" education reform and
"high stakes" assessments, and instead is advocating "direct
instruction" and "basic skills tests" as the only proven methods of
equalizing test scores.
Mr. Hu is married, and has three children in elementary school.
Adversity.Net is pleased to have Mr. Hu's perspective on issues of importance to Asian
Americans, as well as his perspective on education and testing.
(Editor's Note: I became aware of Arthur's web site
"Hu's on First" in 1997. His site was then, and remains now, one of the
premiere web sites critical of racial discrimination caused by affirmative action. I
have long admired Arthur's dedication to the truth on this issue, and his dedication to
obtaining and documenting the facts. While Arthur doesn't talk about it, I am certain
there are those within the Asian-American community who consider him a traitor for his
opposition to racial preferences, and I respect Mr. Hu for his principles, his
independence, and his adherence to the facts in this important debate. -- Tim Fay)
Additional,
Pithy Commentary on "Affirmative Action Schemes" by Arthur Hu:
"Hu's
Law of Proportionality"
- In the absence of discrimination, no
two groups that are different are equal in anything!
- The only way to make these groups
equal is to apply discrimination!
- The amount of difference goes up
with the level of skill!
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