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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A recent study in Boston concluded they are.  I have never seen statistics like this.

From the article:    district analysis of the program found that more than 70 percent of students enrolled in the program were white and Asian, even though nearly 80 percent of all Boston public school students are Hispanic and Black. There's been a lot of inequities that have been brought to the light in the pandemic that we have to address," Cassellius told GBH News. "There's a lot of work we have to do in the district to be antiracist and have policies where all of our students have a fair shot at an equitable and excellent education

https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2021/02/26/citing-racial-inequities-boston-public-schools-suspend-advanced-learning-classes

This is the link:  https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2021/02/26/citing-racial-inequities-boston-public-schools-suspend-advanced-learning-[/quote]

Everything is racist.

Next question.[/quote]

I agree with you. However, you forgot that besides being racist everything is also transphobic and lgtbiqxyz phobic and fascist too. [/quote]

Wow, I think you’re lending credibility to the argument you’re trying to discredit. [/quote]

Is the color/ethnic background of the children the only difference between who gets in and who doesn't, or are there other factors?

How many of these factors are within the control of the school system (school boards, central offices, principals, teachers, teacher's aides etc.) and how many are not?

How impactful are the factors that the school system controls vs. the ones that they don't?

Has the school system done it's best with what they control?[/quote]

I was just remarking on how the PP, clearly aggrieved by any discussion of racism, took the opportunity to express his or her annoyance with LGBTQ advocacy as well. The only unifying logic was “I’m so tired of THOSE people making claims.”

Re your argument/questions.  OTOH, they’re pretty much a recipe for avoiding public responsibility for social problems. Though in this particular case, they just seem kind of silly — AP is hardly crucial or the best we could do wrt HS education. And the school district itself seems to be acknowledging that.[/quote]

The public has no responsibility for how individuals members in a society parent their children.  We have agencies for the purpose of stepping in for severe neglect and abuse.  
Government can put in laws/policies for clean water, proper policing, school facilities in good repair and a decent curriculum etc.

They can't and shouldn't decide who you have children with, if you should have children, if you have children at 25 or 30, what your prenatal diet is and how much you read to your children.  The group of people called "government" should not decide what time you put your children to bed and if they get dessert once a week or every day.

Government/public can't and shouldn't micromanage lives.

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