NYC private school requiring prospective parents to write essay on DEIA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:C'mon people, we all know it's about virtue signaling. Brearley isn't actually about to practice DEI in its admissions rubrics and neither are any of the other privates. These DEI "initiatives" are just to cover their A$$es against any potential charges.

Well, its student population is 53% minority so maybe it does practice what it preaches?

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/new-york/the-brearley-school-310164

You should have pasted all the stats:


47.3% White

21.5% Two or more races

17.5% Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander

6.7% Black or African American

6.7% Hispanic/Latino

0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native

They're counting Asians as minorities when they are overrepresented. Black and Hispanic students are very much underrepresented: NYC is 25% Black and 27% Hispanic.

What I would like to see is the distribution of family income. The black daughter of a Goldman Sachs managing director who has an MBA from Harvard is not some kind of hard luck story or someone who is going to bring a "unique" perspective to the classroom. She's just another rich girl like the white daughters of Goldman Sachs managing directors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I would like to see is the distribution of family income. The black daughter of a Goldman Sachs managing director who has an MBA from Harvard is not some kind of hard luck story or someone who is going to bring a "unique" perspective to the classroom. She's just another rich girl like the white daughters of Goldman Sachs managing directors.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/economy/wealthy-blacks-racial-profiling/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I would like to see is the distribution of family income. The black daughter of a Goldman Sachs managing director who has an MBA from Harvard is not some kind of hard luck story or someone who is going to bring a "unique" perspective to the classroom. She's just another rich girl like the white daughters of Goldman Sachs managing directors.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/economy/wealthy-blacks-racial-profiling/index.html

Thx for the Defund the Police article. Yes, NyC ceased the stop & frisk policing years ago and crime went up markedly. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of mixed race and religions today. It’s just another reason all these Identity Labels are divisive and moving American society in the wrong direction.

So tell us, in what decade of history would you say that American society was in the "right direction" regarding race relations?

Education? Pre NCLB and Common Core

American society? I agree with everything Michelle Obama wrote in her book on south side chicago boom years and then deterioration.
That said, every region has its pain points each decade so lumping them together to the point where only one squeaky wheel gets the grease is bad. Is it chicago mafia or civil rights or abortion or k-13 education or Geo politics or energy/power Gen or the economy, etc.

It’s amazing this country gets anything done it has so many demands on it.

[Anonymous]

I respect schools doing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I would like to see is the distribution of family income. The black daughter of a Goldman Sachs managing director who has an MBA from Harvard is not some kind of hard luck story or someone who is going to bring a "unique" perspective to the classroom. She's just another rich girl like the white daughters of Goldman Sachs managing directors.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/economy/wealthy-blacks-racial-profiling/index.html

Thx for the Defund the Police article. Yes, NyC ceased the stop & frisk policing years ago and crime went up markedly. Oh well.

Thx for completely changing the subject. So you're saying that the experience of racial profiling doesn't exist for those who are rich?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any DC privates doing this yet?

Prospective parents at The Brearley School, an all-girls school on the Upper East Side, are informed on their application that “parents are expected to attend two diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism (DEIA) workshops per school year,” and write a 500-word essay demonstrating their fealty to those values.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/elite-nyc-prep-schools-aim-woke-indoctrination-at-parents-too/

They should require this at some schools here in DC. These classes are optional and sadly the parents that are exclusive and need these workshops the most often do not attend them when they are optional.

Serious question, what do you think will change by having private school parents take these classes? What will be different?

Exactly. A couple deia classes and then what? It’s all so insane. I grew up in a bad part of dc and was immersed in multiculturalism my whole life. What are these forced classes supposed to accomplish beyond checking a box for the schhol?

Yes. It seems rather telling that no one has an answer to “what will taking these classes or writing these essays actually do?” It’s just more virtue signaling without an actual purpose.

[Anonymous]

Lowell asks prospective families to review their DEI position, and to address how that fits into their family values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I found hypocritical is that these elite private schools are pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion but would not give a second look at an application from a child with ADHD or mildly on the spectrum, where the schools might need to adapt a bit to different learning styles. What about those kids?
I know there may be the occasional exception to this but in general, these kids are shunned from many elite private schools. Public schools don’t have an option to cherry pick their students. I’m missing the equity part…

There are a lot of ADHD and spectrum kids in my children's (different) rigorous high schools. There were even more in our k-8. I think schools know how many children they can accommodate and if you're waiting to apply until HS, sometimes those spots are full with kids that have been their longer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I would like to see is the distribution of family income. The black daughter of a Goldman Sachs managing director who has an MBA from Harvard is not some kind of hard luck story or someone who is going to bring a "unique" perspective to the classroom. She's just another rich girl like the white daughters of Goldman Sachs managing directors.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/economy/wealthy-blacks-racial-profiling/index.html

+1 She is not the same as similarly situated white girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any DC privates doing this yet?

Prospective parents at The Brearley School, an all-girls school on the Upper East Side, are informed on their application that “parents are expected to attend two diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism (DEIA) workshops per school year,” and write a 500-word essay demonstrating their fealty to those values.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/elite-nyc-prep-schools-aim-woke-indoctrination-at-parents-too/

They should require this at some schools here in DC. These classes are optional and sadly the parents that are exclusive and need these workshops the most often do not attend them when they are optional.

Serious question, what do you think will change by having private school parents take these classes? What will be different?

Exactly. A couple deia classes and then what? It’s all so insane. I grew up in a bad part of dc and was immersed in multiculturalism my whole life. What are these forced classes supposed to accomplish beyond checking a box for the schhol?

Yes. It seems rather telling that no one has an answer to “what will taking these classes or writing these essays actually do?” It’s just more virtue signaling without an actual purpose.

sounds like church to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any DC privates doing this yet?

Prospective parents at The Brearley School, an all-girls school on the Upper East Side, are informed on their application that “parents are expected to attend two diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism (DEIA) workshops per school year,” and write a 500-word essay demonstrating their fealty to those values.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/elite-nyc-prep-schools-aim-woke-indoctrination-at-parents-too/

They should require this at some schools here in DC. These classes are optional and sadly the parents that are exclusive and need these workshops the most often do not attend them when they are optional.

Serious question, what do you think will change by having private school parents take these classes? What will be different?

Exactly. A couple deia classes and then what? It’s all so insane. I grew up in a bad part of dc and was immersed in multiculturalism my whole life. What are these forced classes supposed to accomplish beyond checking a box for the schhol?

Yes. It seems rather telling that no one has an answer to “what will taking these classes or writing these essays actually do?” It’s just more virtue signaling without an actual purpose.

sounds like church to me

It is like a new religion of the woke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I would like to see is the distribution of family income. The black daughter of a Goldman Sachs managing director who has an MBA from Harvard is not some kind of hard luck story or someone who is going to bring a "unique" perspective to the classroom. She's just another rich girl like the white daughters of Goldman Sachs managing directors.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/14/news/economy/wealthy-blacks-racial-profiling/index.html

Thx for the Defund the Police article. Yes, NyC ceased the stop & frisk policing years ago and crime went up markedly. Oh well.

Thx for completely changing the subject. So you're saying that the experience of racial profiling doesn't exist for those who are rich?

You changed the subject to racial profiling.

And yes I hate racial profiling. But I hate the lack of education, children out of wedlock rate, and high crime rate is certain segments of society — that I look like outwardly- too.

Humans will always do pattern recognition for survival or their jobs. Unless told to not do their jobs.

If 70% of crimes are committed by a segment of Purple People, what do you want the 30% law abiding segment of Purple People do? But no worries, no politician in all of America is going to touch the negative subcultures of some segments. So here we are, doing more DEI.

[Anonymous]

And guess what the beauty of DEI and affirmative action really is? It mainly benefits the 30% of law abiding purple people.

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Not the underlying SES or values problem.