
This only happens in America, double standard racism. |
Affirmative action! How terrible! You can't articulate why though. Scrapping this program is for the best. Gen Z has figured out that college is a bad deal. They're wising up and skipping it. |
LOLZ you honestly think the tiki torch crowd is on your side? |
True one was telling me about this the other day when I was picking up my latte. |
It says one or more criteria. So if a white or Asian kid meets one of the other at risk factors they can still qualify. |
The reality is a MC black kid is allowed/encouraged to participate while a MC asian kid is not. The only difference between the two is race. This isn’t the only program in FCPS that uses this criteria. This isn’t new. |
At least programs like TJ are race blind. |
Do you know what this program is? It doesn't sound like you do. |
AG agrees with you. https://www.fox5dc.com/news/virginia-ag-holds-town-hall-on-asian-discrimination-in-schools "Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and the Asian American community in Fairfax County held a town hall meeting to discuss discrimination against Asian people in Northern Virginia. " |
+1 Seriously |
TJ considers race and SES factors in admissions. |
Actually, admissions are race-blind. Using race would be illegal in the US. They can look at SES factors. |
Supported by facts: Racial Composisiton of Admitted TJHSST Classes (Percent) 2020 (Before Reform)[2] 2021 (After Reform)[3] Asian 73.0 54.36 White 17.7 22.36 Black ≤2.1[a] 7.09 Hispanic 3.3 11.27 Multiracial/Other 6.0 4.91 Only, one race got suppressed! |
TJ doesn't consider anything. FCPS does. The TJ administration has no role in the admissions process whatsoever, and had no role in its design or adoption either. Race is not a factor in the admissions process for TJ. |
Asians were not suppressed by the new admissions process. They continued to be admitted at a rate slightly higher than their percentage of the applicant pool. Indeed, the new admissions process resulted in a distribution of offers that fairly closely mirrored the pool of applicants, meaning for the first time in its history, the TJ admissions process can be considered race-neutral. The prior admissions process manifestly suppressed the admission rates of Black and Hispanic students, and to a lesser but still significant extent, white students. The delta between the numbers in 2024 and 2025, when viewed through a lens of statistical significance, are attributable with a very high level of confidence to the disparate impact of the old admissions process. |