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...Yellow Power' might have been an accident, but it's indicative of the way AAA can't represent South Asians," said Uday N. Kumar '94, co-president of SAA...
...SAA members also stress that AAA is specifically for Asian Americans, while SAA includes non-American Asians in its constituency...
Chowdhury isn't the only member who feels somewhat out of place in AAA. Though SAA members say the organization works with the AAA at times, they generally see AAA as an association of East and Southeast Asian students...
...However, SAA members point out that AAA, although considered an "umbrella group" of Asians by many, refuses to accept that definition. And some students say they prefer having a separate group specifically for South Asians...
This situation, say SAA members, was reflected in the ethnic groupings on Harvard's admissions form in years past, which offered only the category "Asian/Pacific Islander." The only other option for South Asians was the general "Other...