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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also look at the title of the story. It says minority students more likely to get disciplined. Asians are the least likely to be disciplined even in their stats so are Asians not a minority?[/quote]

The lede says "black and Hispanic students in Montgomery County schools are, on average, more than three grade levels behind white students academically, and more than twice as likely to be disciplined as white students."  The HEADLINE says "Minority Students in MCPS More Likely To Be Disciplined, Behind Academically."  This is a space issue, and Asians are kind of being erased by the headline writer.  But the article is pretty clear that it is talking about black and Hispanic students, not all minority students.

I think the answer is that yes, Asians are a minority, but they are not the particular minority that this article is about.  And that headline writers sometimes slightly misrepresent the meaning/content of the article in favor of using fewer words.   [/quote]
The entire story omits Asians skewing the conclusion[/quote]

I guess it depends on what you see as the conclusion.  It appears that you are unwilling to grapple with the conclusion, but, in the article, MCPS is.  [/quote]

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