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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why must we keep stats on race?  Why can’t we all just be “American” or the “Human” race. Is it really necessary?  [/quote]
Because FCPS discriminates against Asians. [/quote]

No they don't.  Your toxicity is unhelpful.[/quote]

It is a fact that the acceptance rate for AAP, with respect to Hispanics and Blacks, is higher than Whites and Asians.  It's unclear exactly why the acceptance rate is so much higher, but I think most people suspect that there is a diversity component to AAP.  I don't know if I would characterize a diversity component as discrimination against Asians, but I can understand why people have this type of reaction.  There is absolutely no transparency or accountability, as no one knows how decisions are made, and this leads to people accusing FCPS of discrimination.  I think FCPS would really benefit from being transparent.[/quote]

I also wouldn't be surprised if the proportion of Black/Hispanic students applying who are highly qualified is higher... I think with White and Asian families in addition to the highly qualified kids you might get a much higher percentage of kids applying who are just "qualified" but don't really stand out. But agree that improved transparency would be a good thing.[/quote]

Completely agree that one possibility is that the small number of Black/Hispanic students who apply are more qualified on average, but there's no way of knowing that because of the lack of transparency.  I think the data shows that test scores (NNAT, COGAT) for admitted Black/Hispanic students are lower on average than those for admitted White/Asian students, but I think that's about all that can be said.  Without transparency, what you get is a lot of mean-spirited comments said behind people's backs about how so and so got in because of [FILL IN THE BLANK - race, friendship with teacher or administration, involvement in PTA, etc.] and so and so did not get in because of [FILL IN THE BLANK - race, personally disliked by teacher, being too quiet, etc.].[/quote]

Go read the 2020 external AAP report. Certain races had a definite advantage in the data at the time. But that has nothing to do with OP's question.[/quote]

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