MỘT CHÚT SUY NGHĨ VỀ XÀI "TIẾNG ANH TRONG NỘI BỘ QGHC":

Thưa Quý Bác;

Trang Mt68 cũng hay đăng nguyên văn bằng TIẾNG ANH về tin tức thời sự. Sở dĩ Mt68 để nguyên văn Tiếng Anh chỉ nhằm mục đích chứng minh nguyên văn, nguồn gốc BẢN TIN đã được loan truyền rộng rãi của một Hãng Tin Lớn. Và đăng nguyên văn Tiếng Anh cũng nhằm cho bạn đọc tự nhiệm ý "CHỌN LỰA" có muốn đọc hay không!!!

Tuy nhiên, gần đây nhận được trên các nguồn tin thuộc NỘI BỘ QGHC lại viết hoàn toàn bằng TIẾNG ANH- Mt68 không nghĩ mục đích ấy nhằm giúp ích cho các ĐỒNG MÔN KHÔNG CÒN ĐỌC ĐƯỢC TIẾNG VIỆT?! (* Cũng có thể viết toàn Tiếng Anh để phục vụ con cháu không biết Tiếng Việt? Nhưng thực tế chỉ có vài con cháu ghé mắt vào tin tức của Bố, Mẹ chúng?!!)

Riêng nhóm Mt68 khi đọc toàn Tiếng Anh trong tin tức nội bộ đồng môn QGHC thấy nó hơi xa lạ, thấy nó mất đi thân tình từ 7,8 chục năm gắn bó Tiếng Việt, Tiếng Mẹ đẻ của chúng mình- Nhứt là đọc CÁC PHÂN ƯU bằng Tiếng Anh thấy nó rất xa cách, thấy nó không quen thuộc, tình cảm rất Lai Căng ... mất hút luôn cội nguồn của chúng mình..../-Mt68

***Một ý kiến nhỏ xíu:

Chúng tôi nhớ chuyện chừng 30, 40 năm trước khi người Việt Tỵ Nạn được tái định cư ở các nước Tự Do- Con cháu chúng ta rất nghe lời Cha Mẹ, chúng rất chăm chỉ học hành - Hầu hết đều đậu Higher School Certificate (Tú Tài) dễ dàng và cũng không ít các cháu đậu với điểm gần Perfect. Nên các ngành Y, Nha, Dược ... và các ngành đòi hỏi điểm cao đều có mặt con cháu Gốc Á rất đông.

Mấy năm sau, hầu hết các nước như Mỹ, Úc, Canada, Anh, Pháp, Đức đều lần lượt tìm cách giới hạn số lượng sinh viên gốc Á ở một số ngành. Họ đặt ra thể lệ thu nhận các sinh viên đạt điểm cao và phải qua PHỎNG VẤN để quyết định sau cùng.

Sau biện pháp PHỎNG VẤN tự nhiên con em gốc Á, gốc Ấn không còn tràn ngập Y, Nha, Dược như trước, đó là cách thức giới hạn gốc Á như thế đấy- Coi như có phân biệt mà không kỳ thị. Nếu chỉ căn cứ vào ĐIỂM ƯU, TỐI ƯU thì chẳng lẽ Y, Nha, Dược toàn là gốc Á sao chứ? Nếu chỉ căn cứ ĐIỂM CAO thì kết quả là BẤT CÔNG - Nhưng nếu nhìn về khía cạnh cần có HÒA ĐỒNG SẮC TỘC thì phải âm thầm nuốt bất công thôi!!!

Trường hợp CHÁU NẦY trong bản tin cần có sự phán đoán hiểu biết hơn- Rất có thể có nhiều cháu khác cùng perfect như cháu nầy- Biết đâu các cháu khác may mắn hơn là vì các cháu đó có điểm cao ở các môn mà ngành học ưu tiên hơn?!

Nói qua cũng cần nói lại: 

Không phải hệ thống hay các người có thẩm quyền tuyển chọn không phải toàn là "THẦN THÁNH"- Nếu toàn là thánh thì làm sao xảy ra các VỤ ÁN CHA MẸ GIÀU CÓ, TÀI TỬ ĐIỆN ẢNH CHẠY CHỌT ĐỂ ĐƯA CON MÌNH VÀO CÁC ĐẠI HỌC DANH TIẾNG. Đã có các phụ huynh bị đưa ra TÒA đã xảy ra rùm beng trong quá khứ chắc quý Cô Bác vẫn còn nhớ chứ?!!!./-Mt68

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The story of the Vietnamese girl with SAT score of 1540 

who was still rejected by Harvard. 

A different perspectiveMay 27, 2026Posted by GLNA bitter lesson for Vietnamese-American parents about the "dream of equality" in the United States for Vietnamese people.The greatest pain isn't being rejected from Harvard, but the realization that a family who spent nearly two decades believing in the belief that "effort pays off" will find out the reality is far more complex.

I have a friend in Atlanta – both she and her husband are pharmacists, working 60-70 hours a week for eighteen years to give their children the best possible opportunities. Their eldest child – a girl born in the US – scored 1540 on the SAT, had a 4.0 GPA, took nine AP classes, was president of two clubs, played violin at the conservatory level, and volunteered at the local hospital since ninth grade. Last year, she applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, and Stanford. She was rejected all year. Finally, she went to a state university – still a good school, but not the place where the whole family had poured their hopes into for eighteen years. 

When I sat down to talk with her the night she received her final rejection letter, I noticed something that I will remember for a long time. She didn't cry. She wasn't angry. She just sat looking at her cold tea, then said very softly, "Brother, I don't understand anymore. I don't know what to teach my child anymore." That was the voice of a mother who had lost faith—not in her child, but in the system on which she had staked her entire life. 

My friend isn't the only one. In our Vietnamese community in America, this story has been repeating itself for the past few years. Vietnamese-American children with almost perfect records, from families who have sacrificed everything, are being rejected from top schools, while those with less impressive records from other groups are being accepted. Not because they aren't good. But because they are "too good"—and of the wrong race. 

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, ending the racial admissions policy. During the trial, a shocking truth was revealed: Harvard had an index called "personal rating"—an assessment of subjective factors such as personality, likeability, and leadership ability. And in this score, Asian students—even those with the best academic records—were consistently rated lower than other groups. Not because they had inferior personalities, but because the system had found a way to limit the number of Asian students admitted—a way that was "legal" but unethical. 

This isn't a conspiracy theory. This is official data submitted to the court. Harvard lost the case—and that ruling applies to all of higher education in the US. But do you know what happened after the ruling? Most top schools found ways to circumvent the rules: dropping SAT scores (because the SAT is where Asian students excel), increasing the weight of "personal essays" and "life experiences" (which can be subjective and not quantifiable), adding "outreach" programs and racially selective scholarships under the guise of "diversity of life experiences." The fight isn't over. It's just shifted to a more sophisticated form. 

Here, I want to speak frankly to you—especially Vietnamese parents—about something few in the community dare to say: we are being treated unfairly because we have been successful. We are an immigrant community with a high college graduation rate, a high middle income, and a low crime rate. According to the logic of the current DEI system, our success is not something to be proud of—but a "problem" that needs "adjustment." We have become a "model minority"—a title that sounds good, but is actually a trap. When a community is called a "model minority," the implicit understanding is: that community doesn't need help, doesn't deserve recognition in narratives about "systemic inequality," and, if necessary, can be "pulled back" to make way for other communities. 

Think about this carefully. What did a Vietnamese-American student do wrong when they scored 1540 on the SAT? They studied. They sacrificed playtime to study. They listened to their parents. They did everything that American society used to call the "formula for success"—and American society today turns around and says to them, "Sorry, you're too good, you're the wrong race, you have to give up your place." If that's not racism, then what is? 

DEI (Debt-Influenced Inclusion) doesn't stop at university admissions. It has infiltrated every corner of American society. In recruitment – ​​many Fortune 500 companies have diversity targets where Asians are never considered "underrepresented." In promotions – leadership development programs often prioritize other groups, because Asians are "already sufficiently represented." In scholarships – hundreds of scholarships are specifically for particular racial groups, with almost none for Asians, even if their families are just as poor. I've worked in the financial market for many years. I've seen this happen every day. I've seen Vietnamese-American colleagues with superior abilities being outmaneuvered by weaker individuals – simply because the company needs to "look good" in its year-end diversity report. 

This is the greatest paradox of DEI: a system built in the name of "fairness" creates systemic injustice against a minority community—a community that came to this country with nothing, owed nothing, and rose through its own sweat and toil. If DEI's true goal were fairness, it should protect us. But it doesn't. Because DEI isn't really about fairness—DEI is about a certain political narrative in which Asians don't fit the plot. We've been too successful—we've broken the "systemic barrier" argument. So we're categorized as "privileged" along with white people—even though our parents came here without speaking English, penniless, and without anyone to help them. 

I want to say something blunt that Vietnamese parents often hesitate to say: we were wrong to believe that "just being good at studying, working hard, and not causing trouble is enough." That philosophy worked when America was based on meritocracy—fairness based on merit. But America today is not entirely a meritocracy anymore. We have remained silent for too long while other communities have spoken out and organized. We believed that if we were kind and didn't cause trouble, the system would be kind to us in return. We were wrong. The system doesn't care about our kindness—it only cares about the political voices of organized groups. And we are one of the least organized communities in America. 

This is why I support the changes happening in American politics today. The Supreme Court ruling on Harvard. The lifting of DEI at the federal level. The return of true meritocracy. This isn't "an attack on people of color" as the left likes to call it. This is the restoration of a principle that made America what it is and that drew our parents here: the principle that if you try, you are rewarded—no matter where you come from, what your blood is, what your skin color is. If you are a Vietnamese parent and you still have doubts, ask yourself this question: do you want your child to grow up in an America that rewards their efforts, or an America that punishes them for trying? 

My friend—the mother sitting there watching her tea go cold that night—made a decision after that shock. She told me, "I'll teach my second child differently. I'll teach her to study, but I'll also teach her to understand the system, to understand politics, to understand that silence won't protect her." I think that's a lesson our entire Vietnamese-American community needs to learn—better late than never. We've invested everything in our children's education. Now we have to invest in protecting that education from a system that's gradually betraying us. 

And you – if your child is in their final year of high school and applying to college, have you sat down and had a real conversation with them about the reality of DEI? And if your child is younger, have you started thinking about teaching them not only to excel academically – but also to understand how the system works so they know how to protect themselves? 

Don't teach your children to just excel academically and believe that achievement will automatically open all doors. In a system increasingly influenced by subjective criteria and debated DEI (Debt of Excellence), parents need to prepare their children with academic competence, critical thinking, social awareness, and the psychological resilience to face competition that isn't entirely meritocracy. Success is no longer just about grades—it's also about understanding how the system works to protect one's own opportunities.