College Confidential - View Single Post - AP Programs offered to Chinese-Americans?

Venkat89 · 02-27-2007, 07:39 PM

AP World has is pretty Euro and Asia centric. Most of the stuff I learn is either Asia, Middle East, or Europe. Very little Africa and Latin America. My school offers an Asian Studies class, but only Asian kids take it. Also, the Chinese language classes are full of Chinese kids. AP Spanish isn't only taken by Hispanics, and AP Euro generally has a fair number of minorities. If CB offered AP Asian History, schools in California and schools in several major metropolitan areas would probably be the only ones with more than 5 students willing to sign up for the class. With the US being 5% Asian, we should offer AP Latin American History before AP Asian history.

02-27-2007, 07:39 PM	#8
Venkat89 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: DC Posts: 4,646	AP World has is pretty Euro and Asia centric. Most of the stuff I learn is either Asia, Middle East, or Europe. Very little Africa and Latin America. My school offers an Asian Studies class, but only Asian kids take it. Also, the Chinese language classes are full of Chinese kids. AP Spanish isn't only taken by Hispanics, and AP Euro generally has a fair number of minorities. If CB offered AP Asian History, schools in California and schools in several major metropolitan areas would probably be the only ones with more than 5 students willing to sign up for the class. With the US being 5% Asian, we should offer AP Latin American History before AP Asian history.
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