The Retreat from Race: Asian-American Admissions and Racial Politics"An excellent book. Takagi takes a very complex and sensitive subject racial politics and shows, through a careful analysis . . . that changes in the discourse about Asian American admissions have facilitated a 'retreat from race' in the area of affirmative action. . . . This book will appeal to an audience significantly wider than a typical academic one." David Karen, Bryn Mawr College Charges by Asian Americans that the top universities in the