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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Dropped by 8%, not dropped to 8%. According to that article, Asians are still at 24% of the G&T program, and so still over represented.[/quote]

Doesn't anyone have a problem with the term "over represented" here for a minority group? Its really mind boggling. If they score high enough and have earned through a merit a spot then they deserve to be there.

Why is there a ceiling on minority achievement or more importantly why is it appropriate for the government to impose a ceiling on minority achievement? Perhaps Asians should just all have a certain % subtracted from their GPAs, SAT scores, and all other measurements to get them more in-line with what MoCo is willing to allow them to enjoy. [/quote]

I don’t have a problem with it for a minority just as I wouldn’t have a problem with describing whites as overrepresented at a school. We’re a big, majority Hispanic public school system and it is simply not in the interest of the whole community to shut them out. If you increase some, you have to decrease others. And if those others are rich Asians from Potomac, I’m not too worried about them because they’ll be fine.[/quote]

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