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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 2018:

707 black kids got a 5 on AP CalcBC
19,710 Asian kids got a 5 on AP CalcBC

Herein lies the problem [/quote]

In U.S. education based on the unique history of this country, I'm not surprised this gross disparity exists.

However in strictly looking at the zero sum dynamic of elite college admissions, it is supply and demand.

Those 707 black students - and black students of that caliber - are in extremely high demand.

When you see the news articles about a black kid getting accepted to ALL of the Ivies, this is the cohort.

So when detractors say that these same black kids at elite schools are " unqualified," no they are not. [/quote]

?? Why would anyone say these kids who got 5 on AP Calc BC are not qualified?  most of them are probably well  qualified. However when  we go color blind, they might not get in all of the Ivies. Race should not be treated as rare commodity.  These kids are probably the biggest victims of Affirmative Action. They don’t get the credit they deserve. [/quote]

These kids would absolutely benefit from affirmative action -- it uses race as only 1 factor to tip the scales when students are typically competitive.  Without it, the number of African American students, based on this stat,  would drop just by the odds of number of kids earning 5s on this AP. Then the schools lose out on diversity,  and society loses out on leadership.  There was an excellent argument made about integration in OCS and equity. Race has to be a factor to achieve equity at times.[/quote]

"Society loses out on leadership" showing your bias that Asians can't be leaders.[/quote]

You've misunderstood me (pp here). I am talking about groups that go un or underrepresented in leadership, using military officers as an example.  It was a problem in the armed forces that had to be remedied by being race conscious (why I mentioned ocs).  I am talking about including,  not excluding. That is what the admissions offices are trying to do -- make sure the underrepresented minorities have some presence at these institutions. Have diverse representation in leadership because having different perspectives is important.  No one is seeking to exclude other students. [/quote]

Giving "presence" to one race, for racial reasons, [i]of necessity [/i]excludes other students of other races. And you only have to look at the numbers to see that elite universities are consciously seeking to exclude Asians.

And all this leaves aside the question of whether "race consciousness" has improved our military leadership. Seems to me we haven't won a lot of wars lately...[/quote]

The numbers prove the opposite.  There is a far higher percentage of Asian American students in top colleges than the overall population. 
 [/quote]

No, the numbers clearly prove discrimination.

Asians students are disproportionately intelligent and hardworking relative to their numbers in the population. The proportion of Asians you would see at top colleges on the basis of merit would be far higher than it is - the numbers are lower than they should be because the top schools are discriminating against them. To put it in terms people in the DMV would understand, without discrimination the demographics at the top colleges would look like the demographics of TJ High School - 60 or 70% Asian.[/quote]

More intelligent.. no that is not proven

Harder working … no that is not proven

Are obsessed with test prep… yes Asian and white prep school kids are obsessed with top $ tutors and test prep[/quote]

+1000[/quote]

LOL. What does it say about a group of people that put little to no effort into preparing for an exam important to one’s educational opportunities. [/quote]

If you don’t get it you don’t get it.

Hard work is out smart work is in,[/quote]

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