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Nope, they're not.  [b]In almost all tests out there Hispanics slightly out score Blacks[/b].  Might not always be the case in MoCo because we get a lot of kids of poor non-English speaking immigrants, but in general this pattern holds for most things like IQ, SAT scores, crime rates, house hold income, school suspension rates etc.  It's frankly amazing how consistent this pattern is.  Hell, it even holds for STD rates.[/quote]

"Hispanic/Latino" is not a race. There are black people who are Hispanic/Latino. There are Hispanic/Latino people who are black.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've typed that out on DCUM.[/quote]

While I agree with you 100%, its irrelevant here because MCPS makes you effectively choose.  There are intricacies of the Hispanic group, biracial group, etc.  that aren't even being looked at here.  AND labeling is part of the problem.[/quote]

Yes, MCPS makes you pick one (which I wish they wouldn't, but they didn't ask me). So it's irrelevant in the context of MCPS. But it's very relevant in the context of the line the IQ poster is peddling.[/quote]

Sure, not only that but country of origin is also important not only with Hispanics but Asians and other groups.  Not only that it's very interesting to me that the multiracial designation is always high performing, especially knowing that clearly there are "multiracial" kids in all the other groups that don't identify as such.  What's the composition of this group, why are they high achieving, is there something culturally relevant where just recognizing you are multiracial changes outcomes?[/quote]

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