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Is it racist to state a fact, that the URM group as a whole scores lower?  Even MCPS has acknowledged that.  If as a group they score lower, how else do you increase their participation if test scores were a huge part of the admissions criteria?[/quote]

Yes,[b] it is racist to state that URM as a whole scores lower[/b], therefore providing more information and using tests that don't tip in favor of test prep somehow means that whatever URM is chosen for a program means that the child does not somehow deserve to be in the class or cannot otherwise thrive without "watering down" the program.[/quote]
Stating a fact is now considered racist.  I guess MCPS is racist then. Good to know.[/quote]

Read the whole sentence, not just the bolded part.

If you said, "Members of group X run more slowly, therefore if members of group X make the track team, it can only be because standards for the track team were lowered," I would say that you don't understand statistics. If you said, "Black kids as a group have lower test scores, therefore if more black kids make it into the magnet program, it can only be because standards for the magnet program were lowered," I would say that you don't understand statistics and also have racist beliefs about the intelligence of black people.[/quote]

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