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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not Asian but I hope they fight back. In my city, our number 1 magnet has a high Asian population. Similar things are happening with the admissions process. However, a large percentage of the Asian population have parents who are poor immigrants. People keep throwing the word "privilege" around. I am mot sure how being a poor immigrant and probably a high percentage are not documented make you privileged. [/quote]

Privilege doesn’t only refer to the amount of money someone has. There are lots of ways to be advantaged that don’t involve money at all. Kids have no say in what family they are born to and shouldn’t be penalized for that fact. 
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Don’t black parents at least speak English? She me Asian parents are not fluent in English so that would put them at a disadvantage. [/quote]
Why does that matter? If the kid speaks fluent English, it's a non-issue. It's the kid who is applying, not the parent. [/quote]

[b]Because the entire argument [/b]for changing the admissions system at TJ was that Asian parents were privileged and URM parents were not privileged. That’s why. [/quote]
If you think that's the entire argument, then maybe you're not very fluent in English or just don't understand the learning value of a diverse student body.[/quote]

Of course the “goal” was diversity but the main argument for giving URMs a boost was because Asians were privileged and URMs were not. [/quote]

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