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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While most posters on this forum are driven by a sense of propriety and not malice - casual anti-Asian racism can lead you here

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/us/metro-atlanta-shootings/index.html

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Some pro FCPS admin posters here may not recognize their own casual anti-Asian racism, but they are perpetuating the same old racial stereotype and prejudice towards Asian communities. They don't really have any hard evidence to back up their assertion but they claimed things like "most TJ parents are here illegally", "far far too many TJ kids having mental health issues", "they cheat and prep", etc. In today's environment causal racism is deadly. Before spewing out your own prejudice ask yourself if you have real data to back it up.[/quote]

It's sad that you are using this tragedy to make your keep TJ it is argument.  SMH.[/quote]

What is sad is how the “reformers” are following the Trumpian approach to make their majoritarian argument.  Mexicans are rapists and Asians are one-dimensional cheaters.  Stereotypes and name calling is the way to go.  George Floyd was an isolated tragedy - how uncouth of you to use a tragedy to trigger a discussion on systemic racism.  Deny the problem.  Ignore leading indicators that point to anti-minority sentiment.

There is clearly reform needed on TJ admissions but the current approach is how poll taxes were used to bypass the fifteenth amendment.  The new method gets the outcome the School Board needs and in the larger scheme of things equity vis-a-vis Asians is affordable collateral damage.  [/quote]

When you start thinking that changing TJ admissions standards to include a broader cross-section of FCPS students is equivalent to police brutality, it's time to reassess your world view.  You do know that there are Asian kids who attend, for example, Luther Jackson middle school who could benefit from the change?  There are Asian kids who attend Glasgow MS whose parents can't afford test prep centers for $4,000?  If your kid doesn't get into TJ and is a standout at the base school, MIT or another good STEM school is still in the cards.  In fact, I know Asian siblings where the standout base school kid got into a better college than the TJ sibling.  Once you're shot dead or suffocated to death by the police, that's it.  Making TJ more accessible to kids who aren't in the top one percent of test takers or who don't have the resources for STEM extra curriculars/enrichment/prep isn't antiAsian.  One of DD's Asian friends whose parents only have a high school education and zero ability to shell out for expensive test prep is applied this year.  I hope she gets in because she has a strong interest in STEM.  I'm not AntiAsian and I support the change because I think there needs to be more socioeconomic diversity in access to STEM.  [/quote]

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