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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For years, UMC and wealthy black students have been able to glide into T20 schools because they check the right race box. We’ve all seen it in the private schools. Now everyone has to compete.

The focus should be on smart FGLI students who don’t get all the privileges and benefits of wealthy private school students who use race as a hook.[/quote]

Why are poor students more "worthy" than Black students. Both have experienced obstacles.[/quote]

Rich kids, regardless of color, have access to better schools, more extracurricular activities, test prep….and the very significant factor [b]educated and involved parents.[/b] Poor kids have none of that and we are trying to equal the playing field so that we move families out of generational poverty. I’m surprised you aren’t able to figure this one out yourself.[/quote]

So you're punishing students with involved and educated parents?!? Kids have no control over who they were born to. That's even worse than race based admissions. You're punishing students for the very thing you'd like everyone to have.

I think the solution is way different than this. Let's focus on making parents be involved and educated. Busing kids around to equalize schools within a county. I'm in a heavily residential area with 4 elementary schools within a few miles. 2 of them are 9 or 10 on great schools, 1 is failing with a 2 and the other is a 5. The scores are basically how many single family homes and townhouses are in a school's boundaries. The failing school had a massive apartment complex open and that crashed their school. All of those kids are bussed to the failing school, so why can't some of them be bused 2 blocks more to an excellent school? We let school fail so badly that they become cesspools where no one learns. [/quote]

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