201 Harvard Educational Review Vol. 89 No. 2 Summer 2019 Copyright © by the President and Fellows of Harvard College Asian Americans, Affirmative Action, and the Political Economy of Racism: A Multidimensional Model of Raceclass Frames OIYAN A. POON Colorado State University MEGAN S. SEGOSHI Independent Scholar LILIANNE TANG California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo KRISTEN L. SURLA Michigan State University CARESSA NGUYEN Sarah Lawrence College DIAN D. SQUIRE Northern Arizona University Utilizing a critical raceclass theory of education, OiYan A. Poon and colleagues ana- lyze interviews with Asian Americans who have publicly advocated for or against affirmative action and acknowledged how their understandings of racial capitalism informed their perspectives and actions. Limited research has considered Asian Amer- ican subjectivity in examining what shapes their diverse perspectives on affirmative action. This study adds to research on the racial politics of the debate, which has increasingly centered Asian Americans and their interests, and introduces a multidi- mensional model of raceclass frames representing different political perspectives and choices around affirmative action: abstract liberalism, ethnocentric nationalism, con- scious compromise, and systemic transformation. The model offers insights on Asian