FCPS TJ Class of 2024 Press Release - Buried; AA Admits "TS" to Mention

[Anonymous]

DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

Complete BS - dont impute naked racism to Asians toward black adults or students just because they get into TJ and apply to TJ at higher rates. The affirmative action and how it should be implemented or if there should or shouldn't be explicit racial quotas or racial composition goals is a separate policy and legal debate. BUT is is extremely cowardly and intellectualy lazy to piggy back this debate on top of the police brutality and racism towards colored people issues that are part of the george Floyd protests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

What a ridiculous post. Asian-American students aren’t making TJ decisions. Or committing police brutality.

And you seem to have missed the role of white people in having racist opinions. Including the ones actually being discussed here about TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

Complete BS - dont impute naked racism to Asians toward black adults or students just because they get into TJ and apply to TJ at higher rates. The affirmative action and how it should be implemented or if there should or shouldn't be explicit racial quotas or racial composition goals is a separate policy and legal debate. BUT is is extremely cowardly and intellectualy lazy to piggy back this debate on top of the police brutality and racism towards colored people issues that are part of the george Floyd protests.

How self-serving can you be?

Recognizing that the privileged at TJ would like to say the Floyd protests are just about police brutality, they have led to a larger discussion about discrimination and racism in our society. In that context, it's pathetic for FCPS to announce this week that there is no place for racism in FCPS while it operates a selective magnet school that extends admission offers to so few black kids they aren't even willing to disclose the exact number.

The advantages that both Asians and whites enjoy relative to URMs in our schools absolutely needs to be on the table NOW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

Complete BS - dont impute naked racism to Asians toward black adults or students just because they get into TJ and apply to TJ at higher rates. The affirmative action and how it should be implemented or if there should or shouldn't be explicit racial quotas or racial composition goals is a separate policy and legal debate. BUT is is extremely cowardly and intellectualy lazy to piggy back this debate on top of the police brutality and racism towards colored people issues that are part of the george Floyd protests.

Systemic issues are systemic issues. I choose to be glad that individuals in these communities are owning up. Plenty won't.

[Anonymous]

It's a long-overdue conversation that some people try very hard to suppress. You cannot talk about systemic racism and equity in Fairfax County without examining TJ's role in reinforcing stereotypes and denying equal opportunities to county students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a long-overdue conversation that some people try very hard to suppress. You cannot talk about systemic racism and equity in Fairfax County without examining TJ's role in reinforcing stereotypes and denying equal opportunities to county students.

You're exactly right! Blacks and Hispanics have been overwhelmingly and systematically favored in FCPS and beyond given the same merit. Enough is enough!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a long-overdue conversation that some people try very hard to suppress. You cannot talk about systemic racism and equity in Fairfax County without examining TJ's role in reinforcing stereotypes and denying equal opportunities to county students.

You're exactly right! Blacks and Hispanics have been overwhelmingly and systematically favored in FCPS and beyond given the same merit. Enough is enough!

Not funny. But people do believe that's how many TJ parents and students think, which is probably one reason (among others) why applications there keep dropping. Aren't they down over 20% from their peak?

[Anonymous]

Do black people in general care about TJ (other than the NAACP)? I'm the parent of a straight A black student and my child had no interest in going there. Black kids who are really strong academically can get into excellent colleges from their base schools. I didn't see the benefit of TJ so didn't push it with my kid, despite being asked by the MS counselor numerous times to consider having DC apply to TJ. Also, once DC gets to college, no one will care whether or not DC went to TJ. I'll come back and let you know how it works out for my kid as far as college acceptances go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do black people in general care about TJ (other than the NAACP)? I'm the parent of a straight A black student and my child had no interest in going there. Black kids who are really strong academically can get into excellent colleges from their base schools. I didn't see the benefit of TJ so didn't push it with my kid, despite being asked by the MS counselor numerous times to consider having DC apply to TJ. Also, once DC gets to college, no one will care whether or not DC went to TJ. I'll come back and let you know how it works out for my kid as far as college acceptances go.

I mean, the majority of students in FCPS don't apply to TJ regardless of their race. You should be able to compare black applicants to total black students and white/asian/hispanic applicants to total students (I'm not sure where people are getting these numbers or I'd do it) to see if there is a disparity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been racist. My kid scored higher than every kid in AAP who’s parents I talked to on cogat and the nag and wasnt in the pool. Even the AART was asking the Principal why he wasn’t in the pool. We had to refer him To some committee to get him in. Then once he was in the school did everything they could to try and trick us into pulling him out. As a parent I had to get an attorney just to get the school to stop being extra and racist with my kid. Not saying every school is like this, but there is one in the western part of the county this way. And the people from region 5 will do nothing but try to cover up the BS.

Parent of a Latino kid in AAP in this region. You are 100% correct. The base schools do not want to lose their strongest URM students but a lot of principals can't be bothered to implement LLIV programs or lobby for full-time AARTs. They just cross their fingers that these kids' parents won't appeal. They get away with it more than they should, but they still complain when families leave for the Level IV center or go private. This has been going on for the better part of a decade. It's shameful.

[Anonymous]

[guardian]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

Complete BS - dont impute naked racism to Asians toward black adults or students just because they get into TJ and apply to TJ at higher rates. The affirmative action and how it should be implemented or if there should or shouldn't be explicit racial quotas or racial composition goals is a separate policy and legal debate. BUT is is extremely cowardly and intellectualy lazy to piggy back this debate on top of the police brutality and racism towards colored people issues that are part of the george Floyd protests.

How self-serving can you be?

Recognizing that the privileged at TJ would like to say the Floyd protests are just about police brutality, they have led to a larger discussion about discrimination and racism in our society. In that context, it's pathetic for FCPS to announce this week that there is no place for racism in FCPS while it operates a selective magnet school that extends admission offers to so few black kids they aren't even willing to disclose the exact number.

The advantages that both Asians and whites enjoy relative to URMs in our schools absolutely needs to be on the table NOW.

+1 Make county actually invest in schools in the Eastern part of the county.

[Anonymous]

Shame on FCPS for perpetuating inequality. Shame on the School Board members for tolerating it. The protesters circling the White House might want to take a field trip to Alexandria soon.

While the address is technically an Alexandria one, no one from within the city of Alexandria attends the school, nor is it run by the city of Alexandria public school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[guardian]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM and many FCPS parents show a staggering amount of racism against Asian-American students.

This is a two way street if ever there was one. And with what's going on lately, you finally have both East and South Asians on various social media platforms acknowledging their privileged status and their baked-in familial animus towards Latinx and ESPECIALLY Black Americans.

Complete BS - dont impute naked racism to Asians toward black adults or students just because they get into TJ and apply to TJ at higher rates. The affirmative action and how it should be implemented or if there should or shouldn't be explicit racial quotas or racial composition goals is a separate policy and legal debate. BUT is is extremely cowardly and intellectualy lazy to piggy back this debate on top of the police brutality and racism towards colored people issues that are part of the george Floyd protests.

How self-serving can you be?

Recognizing that the privileged at TJ would like to say the Floyd protests are just about police brutality, they have led to a larger discussion about discrimination and racism in our society. In that context, it's pathetic for FCPS to announce this week that there is no place for racism in FCPS while it operates a selective magnet school that extends admission offers to so few black kids they aren't even willing to disclose the exact number.

The advantages that both Asians and whites enjoy relative to URMs in our schools absolutely needs to be on the table NOW.

+1 Make county actually invest in schools in the Eastern part of the county.

FCPS already spends a disproportionate amount of its resources on schools in the eastern part of the county. Whether they spend the money wisely is a different question.