FCPS Board Member Admits ‘Anti-Asian Feel’ to New High School Admission Process

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Anonymous wrote:I was in favor of admissions changes, but did not know that they would rig the numbers. So there are more than a few TJ students in the 2025 class who are struggling. They are getting extra tutoring and help so here's hoping most of them will stick it out. Would they have been better off going to their base school instead? Time will tell. I worry more about their mental health than their grades. You don't get these years of childhood back. The school board and Brabrand cared more about meeting their URM numbers and not guiding individual students and families on the most appropriate HS setting. Shameful.

So URMs don't belong there?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was in favor of admissions changes, but did not know that they would rig the numbers. So there are more than a few TJ students in the 2025 class who are struggling. They are getting extra tutoring and help so here's hoping most of them will stick it out. Would they have been better off going to their base school instead? Time will tell. I worry more about their mental health than their grades. You don't get these years of childhood back. The school board and Brabrand cared more about meeting their URM numbers and not guiding individual students and families on the most appropriate HS setting. Shameful.

So URMs don't belong there?

URMs who can do the work definitely belong. But you shouldn't have to stay up all night to study or do homework to keep up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was in favor of admissions changes, but did not know that they would rig the numbers. So there are more than a few TJ students in the 2025 class who are struggling. They are getting extra tutoring and help so here's hoping most of them will stick it out. Would they have been better off going to their base school instead? Time will tell. I worry more about their mental health than their grades. You don't get these years of childhood back. The school board and Brabrand cared more about meeting their URM numbers and not guiding individual students and families on the most appropriate HS setting. Shameful.

So URMs don't belong there?

URMs who can do the work definitely belong. But you shouldn't have to stay up all night to study or do homework to keep up.

There have been literally hundreds of Asian and white kids every year over the past decade who only survive at TJ because they have forsaken other activities, stayed up forever at night, or done extra tutoring. Introducing a few more students from underrepresented groups does nothing to change that reality.

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Anonymous wrote:It's objectively the case that FCPS is now admitting students who haven't worked as hard to demonstrate their commitment to academic success. And PP doesn't want applicants to even be in a position to do so, because she'll claim it's abusive.

PP is also full of it when she claims the "most important resource" is attending a school where all the students care about academics; if that were her main concern, the very last thing she and her cronies would have done is obsess about blatantly race-driven adjustments to the admissions process at a single high school.

All these people want are approval from their own circle, so they can pat themselves on the back when FCPS posts a picture of the TJ Class of 2025 graduation ceremony with some Black and Hispanic kids. That's the sum total of their aspirations for students across the entire county. You are so pathetic.

That's not objectively true. You have no data to back up that assertion AT ALL, and indeed, the only data that is available (which, to be sure, is flawed) asserts that the average MS GPA of the new class is HIGHER than the average MS GPA of previous classes.

Granted, it is partially a function of the new admissions process that you don't have that data, but you still don't, and as a result the premise that the remainder of your post is built upon is null and void.

The GPA requirement is a minimal requirement and not a good proxy for the qualifications and aptitude that applicants were previously required to demonstrate. Accordingly, the remainder of your response is rendered moot.

DP. This is the rhetorical equivalent of “I know you are but what am I?”

Embarrassing for whoever attempted this nonsense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was in favor of admissions changes, but did not know that they would rig the numbers. So there are more than a few TJ students in the 2025 class who are struggling. They are getting extra tutoring and help so here's hoping most of them will stick it out. Would they have been better off going to their base school instead? Time will tell. I worry more about their mental health than their grades. You don't get these years of childhood back. The school board and Brabrand cared more about meeting their URM numbers and not guiding individual students and families on the most appropriate HS setting. Shameful.

So URMs don't belong there?

No. Should be white and Asian.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's objectively the case that FCPS is now admitting students who haven't worked as hard to demonstrate their commitment to academic success. And PP doesn't want applicants to even be in a position to do so, because she'll claim it's abusive.

PP is also full of it when she claims the "most important resource" is attending a school where all the students care about academics; if that were her main concern, the very last thing she and her cronies would have done is obsess about blatantly race-driven adjustments to the admissions process at a single high school.

All these people want are approval from their own circle, so they can pat themselves on the back when FCPS posts a picture of the TJ Class of 2025 graduation ceremony with some Black and Hispanic kids. That's the sum total of their aspirations for students across the entire county. You are so pathetic.

That's not objectively true. You have no data to back up that assertion AT ALL, and indeed, the only data that is available (which, to be sure, is flawed) asserts that the average MS GPA of the new class is HIGHER than the average MS GPA of previous classes.

Granted, it is partially a function of the new admissions process that you don't have that data, but you still don't, and as a result the premise that the remainder of your post is built upon is null and void.

The GPA requirement is a minimal requirement and not a good proxy for the qualifications and aptitude that applicants were previously required to demonstrate. Accordingly, the remainder of your response is rendered moot.

DP. This is the rhetorical equivalent of “I know you are but what am I?”

Embarrassing for whoever attempted this nonsense

That would be Scott Brabrand, now on his way to an obscure job overseeing an organization with a $1M budget, after spending five years as living proof of the Peter Principle.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian here, I've learned that the right is more align with my work ethic however there is still work to do on the racial side however I'd rather have that to work with them be systemically put down jobs , school etc by the left

Do you realize the immense hypocrisy of your perspective? African-Americans have been systematically put down for the majority of America's history, and now you are saying that policies to help them succeed must mean that you are being put down.

Putting dumb kids into programs for smart kids is not the best way to help the black race

NP--Agreed. And they're not doing that. They're doing the same things colleges do, which is to admit some students from less represented populations that do not have the same advantages as other populations. This will necessarily reduce the percentage from other populations, but this reduction is not the reason for the change. It is NOT racism.

New KKK marketing: we don't hate minorities; we just really love white people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked this hasn't come out before. Clearly reducing TJ from super majority Asian to merely Asian is horrifically racist. I'm surprised there aren't sit-ins and marches to protest this horrific injustice.

Progressive translation: polite ethnic cleansing is fine when directed at the bad races.

Bet you'd be singing a different tune if the NBA took a similar approach to Black players.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/03/19/trumps-chinese-virus-tweet-helped-fuel-anti-asian-hate-on-twitter-study-finds/?sh=53a8889d1a7c

Trump fuelled anti Asian hate on Twitter and that might have contributed to the increase in anti Asian hate crimes nationally, including murder.

TJ wanting more black and hispanic kids is nothing in comparison.

You can tell opinions vs. facts, can't you? Or are you just intentionally playing obtuse?
TJ's racist reform is a FACT. And liberal's support for the racist Affirmative Action is a FACT.

You don't understand the meaning of the word 'racist' and are using it inappropriately. It should only be used when deliberate action is being taken to deny someone the same opportunities as others have based on the color of their skin. That is not happening at TJ.

isn't this exactly what TJ reform is all about? Are you this naive or just obtuse?

You must understand that the TJ process functions as a zero-sum game. There can only be 100% of the pie, and if one piece gets larger, then another must get smaller. There is no deliberate attack on Asians, it is simply that they were the largest proportion, and thus, it makes sense that the proportion decrease. It is not anti-Asian policy.

It's not racism if we take federal spending away from Black communities (where it is disproportionately spent) if the stated goal is to spend more of it on Asian communities, right? It's not racism to take NBA roster spots away from Black players to increase opportunities for Asian players, right?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/03/19/trumps-chinese-virus-tweet-helped-fuel-anti-asian-hate-on-twitter-study-finds/?sh=53a8889d1a7c

Trump fuelled anti Asian hate on Twitter and that might have contributed to the increase in anti Asian hate crimes nationally, including murder.

TJ wanting more black and hispanic kids is nothing in comparison.

You can tell opinions vs. facts, can't you? Or are you just intentionally playing obtuse?
TJ's racist reform is a FACT. And liberal's support for the racist Affirmative Action is a FACT.

You don't understand the meaning of the word 'racist' and are using it inappropriately. It should only be used when deliberate action is being taken to deny someone the same opportunities as others have based on the color of their skin. That is not happening at TJ.

isn't this exactly what TJ reform is all about? Are you this naive or just obtuse?

You must understand that the TJ process functions as a zero-sum game. There can only be 100% of the pie, and if one piece gets larger, then another must get smaller. There is no deliberate attack on Asians, it is simply that they were the largest proportion, and thus, it makes sense that the proportion decrease. It is not anti-Asian policy.

Really? So the reports about FCPS board member's anti-Asian agenda are fake news?

I will not defend the FCPS school board member. She's making the same mistaken assumptions as those here on DCUM, which points at herself thinking it's about race without even being self-aware of it. Again, from an objective point of view, it is not an attack on Asians.

Yes, I admit Asians are the affected majority, but it is done for the sake of lessening importance on test prep and Asians are not deliberately targeted just for being Asian.

Literally you: "The people implementing these policies to cleanse Asians from the good schools are confused when they state that as their intention. It's actually an unintentional byproduct."

[Anonymous]

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This was exactly the thought process for TJ reform. Where were those liberals when TJ was majority white?

They were trying to change it then, too. They've been trying to change it long before the rise of the Asian population in Fairfax County. They made adjustments in the past--it just didn't work out the way they were hoping. I think initially it was just a test. Then, teacher recommendations, etc.etc. Sp, as long is it as test reliant it won't work so well.

Also, did they ever consider that maybe everyone does not want to attend TJ? I'm not sure a lot of the "correct" minority even applied.

What a happy coincidence that it starts "working" just when it can be used to ethnically cleanse some Asians from the good schools!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked this hasn't come out before. Clearly reducing TJ from super majority Asian to merely Asian is horrifically racist. I'm surprised there aren't sit-ins and marches to protest this horrific injustice.

Progressive translation: polite ethnic cleansing is fine when directed at the bad races.

Bet you'd be singing a different tune if the NBA took a similar approach to Black players.

Why are you mad at the NBA players? You aren’t mad at the NHL players, the PLL players, the professional tennis players, or any white majority sports. All this anti-Black racism. Black people don’t control anything. No need being mat them. I guess you’re too pressed to be up underneath white mommy and daddy to direct that anger at them. Keep kissing white a$$ and see how far it gets you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked this hasn't come out before. Clearly reducing TJ from super majority Asian to merely Asian is horrifically racist. I'm surprised there aren't sit-ins and marches to protest this horrific injustice.

Progressive translation: polite ethnic cleansing is fine when directed at the bad races.

Bet you'd be singing a different tune if the NBA took a similar approach to Black players.

Why are you mad at the NBA players? You aren’t mad at the NHL players, the PLL players, the professional tennis players, or any white majority sports. All this anti-Black racism. Black people don’t control anything. No need being mat them. I guess you’re too pressed to be up underneath white mommy and daddy to direct that anger at them. Keep kissing white a$$ and see how far it gets you.

Hard to imagine anything more emblematic of kissing White a$$ than being so heavily invested in having a few dozen Black kids boosted into a magnet school that was originally some White dude’s wet dream in the 1980s that you’d be willing to see another minority group kicked to the curb in the process by a bunch of privileged women who knew exactly what they were doing. Don’t trot out your phony revolutionary rhetoric when you couldn’t be more bougie if you tried.

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Anonymous wrote:https://news.yahoo.com/fairfax-county-school-board-member-211316519.html

A Fairfax County school board member admitted in a text message to a fellow board member that the district’s new equity-focused admissions policy for an advanced high school in Virginia has undertones of anti-Asian discrimination.

School board member Abrar Omeish texted board member Stella Pekarsky: “I mean there has been an anti asian feel underlying some of this, hate to say it lol,” according to correspondence obtained by non-profit Parents Defending Education. Pekarsky responded: “…I always told people that talking about TJ is a stupid waste of tome [sic].” Omeish replied: “Of course it is…They’re discriminated against in this process too.”

I’m waiting to see if Hannah Natanson at the Post covers this or if they ignore it since it doesn’t fit the Post’s agenda.

Infuriating. As an Asian, I am disgusted that we're vilified (Covid related) by the right-wing, and discriminated against in the name of equity by the left-wing. The best we can ever hope for in the USA is to be ignored.

Well, at least the right wing isn’t systematically pursuing agenda/policy to disadvantage Asians.

Year, Trump constantly referring to the “ China Virus” didn’t do anything to harm Asians .. oh wait.

It sure did, but guess what, it's not the right-wing nutjobs that are beating up harmless old Asian ladies in NYC and SF on a weekly basis. It's the *LM crowd. Didn't know they were Trump followers..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Asian here, I've learned that the right is more align with my work ethic however there is still work to do on the racial side however I'd rather have that to work with them be systemically put down jobs , school etc by the left

Do you realize the immense hypocrisy of your perspective? African-Americans have been systematically put down for the majority of America's history, and now you are saying that policies to help them succeed must mean that you are being put down.

DP. If the left can only come up with win-lose proposals, we don't want the "lose" end of the bargain. Not a fair partnership. We are concerned about the future, not history.