Northam’s “Anti-Asian, Anti-Immigrant” School Initiative

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me that if voters in Fairfax County didn't welcome a focus on equity in county schools they would not have elected a 12-0 Democratic School Board. Those School Board members will be judged by whether, among other things, they supported initiatives like those currently under consideration by Northam's Secretary of Education.

+1

They should make whatever changes they need to fix the disparity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again. There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers. This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools. If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM. If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about. We need diversity if we want innovation.

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again. There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers. This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools. If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM. If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about. We need diversity if we want innovation.

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students.

So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Like I said. And Asian and Indian students are not inherently brighter. You’re showing your racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again. There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers. This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools. If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM. If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about. We need diversity if we want innovation.

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students.

So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Like I said. And Asian and Indian students are not inherently brighter. You’re showing your racism.

If we go off the basis of various test scores be it LSAT, MCAT, GRE, SAT, IQ etc, they tend to score higher. If you want to argue there is no correlation between success in STEM fields and academic scores feel free to do so.

[Anonymous]

Asian bad, black and Hispanic good, ughhhhhh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 2020 and time for TJ to become more inclusive. Throw out the test score gamers and add some creativity and original thinkers into the student body. It will elevate TJ.

Sounds like someone is jealous. Why don't you ask for free test prep classes? Guess who would still bomb the test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ admissions should more like Harvard and Yale and admit on talent and potential not rote test scores.

It is a holistic process already. It’s not based on “rote test scores.”

It’s already race-blind.

No one would argue with adding even more outreach, more free test prep, more recruiting.

What’s not okay, would significantly dilute the program and is racist towards Asians is imposing quotas or selecting an even number from each MS. These are what the secret meetings held in Richmond are contemplating.

[Anonymous]

The racism on this thread from Asians and whites who fetishize Asians will leave state and local officials with no choice but to revamp TJ’s admissions. It simply is not politically tenable for FCPS to voluntarily operate a school where a large number of the students and parents openly proclaim the intellectual superiority of one group and denigrate everyone else’s culture, work ethic and intelligence. If these people had any social savvy, they’d tone it down several notches, but they just can’t help themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The racism on this thread from Asians and whites who fetishize Asians will leave state and local officials with no choice but to revamp TJ’s admissions. It simply is not politically tenable for FCPS to voluntarily operate a school where a large number of the students and parents openly proclaim the intellectual superiority of one group and denigrate everyone else’s culture, work ethic and intelligence. If these people had any social savvy, they’d tone it down several notches, but they just can’t help themselves.

You made this all up in your head. No one is saying Asians are superior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The racism on this thread from Asians and whites who fetishize Asians will leave state and local officials with no choice but to revamp TJ’s admissions. It simply is not politically tenable for FCPS to voluntarily operate a school where a large number of the students and parents openly proclaim the intellectual superiority of one group and denigrate everyone else’s culture, work ethic and intelligence. If these people had any social savvy, they’d tone it down several notches, but they just can’t help themselves.

100%

I’m honestly shocked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The racism on this thread from Asians and whites who fetishize Asians will leave state and local officials with no choice but to revamp TJ’s admissions. It simply is not politically tenable for FCPS to voluntarily operate a school where a large number of the students and parents openly proclaim the intellectual superiority of one group and denigrate everyone else’s culture, work ethic and intelligence. If these people had any social savvy, they’d tone it down several notches, but they just can’t help themselves.

You made this all up in your head. No one is saying Asians are superior.

DP. Yeah they are. Look up a few posts about the “best and brightest”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again. There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers. This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools. If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM. If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about. We need diversity if we want innovation.

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students.

So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Like I said. And Asian and Indian students are not inherently brighter. You’re showing your racism.

If we go off the basis of various test scores be it LSAT, MCAT, GRE, SAT, IQ etc, they tend to score higher. If you want to argue there is no correlation between success in STEM fields and academic scores feel free to do so.

Got it, so test scores demonstrate the intellectual superiority of Asian and Indian students. Nope. Sorry. The test scores do tell us something, but it’s not that.

[Anonymous]

“Large number of parents and students openly proclaim...”

What a bunch of baseless lies. Even if you think some posters on a DCUM thread said that, that does not lead to the statement above. It is outrageous how anti-Asian some DCUM posters are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Large number of parents and students openly proclaim...”

What a bunch of baseless lies. Even if you think some posters on a DCUM thread said that, that does not lead to the statement above. It is outrageous how anti-Asian some DCUM posters are.

It’s not just the DCUM threads, but also the comments from TJ parents on Asra Nomani’s web page and Twitter page. She invites those comments by lambasting anyone who wishes to encourage more diversity at TJ as a “Woke Army.”

Believe me, members of the School Board and the General Assembly hear about this, even if they don’t see the comments themselves (although some may). At a minimum, there will be major changes to the admissions policy. Keep it up, and they will shut down the magnet program entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again. There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers. This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools. If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM. If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about. We need diversity if we want innovation.

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students.

So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Like I said. And Asian and Indian students are not inherently brighter. You’re showing your racism.

If we go off the basis of various test scores be it LSAT, MCAT, GRE, SAT, IQ etc, they tend to score higher. If you want to argue there is no correlation between success in STEM fields and academic scores feel free to do so.

Got it, so test scores demonstrate the intellectual superiority of Asian and Indian students. Nope. Sorry. The test scores do tell us something, but it’s not that.

You might want to check the research on that, testing worldwide, shows higher quantitative scores for East Asians than other groups. South Asians in the USA are a different selected population than South Asians as a whole.

Now if you think that these tests have no correlation to intellectual ability, you are welcome to present your evidence, but these things are pretty well settled. I'd also note that if you look at patent filings, in particular inventor names in US domestic filings they tend to cluster around certain countries of origin.