Why is there such a racial/ethnic disconnect with TJ Admissions?

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10/13/2014 18:30

Subject: Re:Why is there such a racial/ethnic disconnect with TJ Admissions?

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Anonymous wrote:The overt and covert animosity towards Asians by whites apparent in this discussion, in the context of TJ, is not a new phenomenon.

The US has had a long history of such discrimination against groups that don't fit the mold that is deemed acceptable to whites. Asians are now undergoing what the Jews did in the early part of the last century.

This article offers insight as to how whites changed the ground rules to limit the number of Jews getting into the best colleges and especially the Ivies. It was done under the guise of what is now called the holistic admissions process but the intention was to limit the number of Jews.

After affirmative action came into play the same holistic approach was used to justify admissions of certain minorities. Today it is used to limit the number of Asians who would make up a much larger portion of the student population at the Ivies and other select schools if admission were based purely on merit.

What we are seeing now with regard to ways to limit admission of Asians to TJ is just more of the same. Multiple rationalizations are used in the process but what it really boils down to is that some whites resent the number of Asians who are being admitted into TJ. So we see an attempt to change the ground rules ........ and if that won't achieve the objective, then let us just shut down TJ in its present form.

This article is a must read for how this is not a new phenomenon:

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-04-21/the-dark-chain-of-events-to-your-kid-s-harvard-rejection

In fact, this argument - and the companion argument that any opposition to TJ's continued operation as a magnet is a blow to academic excellence - have been around for a long time. Just hint that you might prefer that TJ function as a neighborhood school and you will be called anti-Asian, anti-Semitic, and anti-education by the FCAG crowd and their appointed leaders.

TJHSST is not Harvard, nor is it a Chevy Chase country club. It was an experiment at its inception, and it has been around for less than 30 years. It is entirely appropriate for FCPS parents and taxpayers to periodically reassess the impact that a magnet school like TJ has on FCPS as a whole, and to feel free to do so without being intimidated by a powerful lobby that has no qualms about putting its own interests first and telling others how lazy and unmotivated they are, all while curling up into a ball and crying racism when it is convenient to do so.

My assumption is that PP knows how damning posts like 00:55's are, in terms of conveying a negative image of TJ parents as arrogant and out-of-touch, so he's tried to reframe the debate. It's a nice try, but it's right out of a very familiar playbook.

Remember what the Republican God (Reagan) advocated: "Trickle down economics". Same principle applies with TJ and the fcps. Don't try going against the sacred principle of Reagan about how wealth/high standard of those at the top will trickle down for others and lift everyone.

Seems that this country is ready for Communism where everybody is pulled down to the same level.

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10/13/2014 18:31

Subject: Why is there such a racial/ethnic disconnect with TJ Admissions?

Anonymous

Holy Cow People! Some angry posters here. Maybe anger management therapy is in order. We don't want anything like VTech incident a few years back. It's not good to carry your angers like that.

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10/13/2014 18:34

Subject: Why is there such a racial/ethnic disconnect with TJ Admissions?

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Anonymous wrote:^ I think this is the same TJ kid (I assume) who keeps posting the same stupid posts. Don't you have homework to do?

Answer my question!
Why did your ancestors come to this land if they hated American Indians so much? And why did they murder them all?

New Poster. What have you done to improve the lives of American Indians?

Neither my ancestors nor I murdered or harmed any American Indians. You should ask that question to your parents or grand parents.

Nope. Child of immigrants. Why don't you try altruism and kindness instead of anger? It'll work better.

Idiot! Stop making any assumptions. YOU're wrong. I'm not ready to show kindness towards loser racists, who don't want to play a fair game just because they can't compete.