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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again.  There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers.  This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools.  If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented  in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM.  If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about.  We need diversity if we want innovation. [/quote]

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students. [/quote]

So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Like I said. And Asian and Indian students are not inherently brighter. You’re showing your racism.[/quote]

If we go off the basis of various test scores be it LSAT, MCAT, GRE, SAT, IQ etc, they tend to score higher.  If you want to argue there is no correlation between success in STEM fields and academic scores feel free to do so.[/quote]

Got it, so test scores demonstrate the intellectual superiority of Asian and Indian students. Nope. Sorry. The test scores do tell us something, but it’s not that.[/quote]

You might want to check the research on that, testing worldwide, shows higher quantitative scores for East Asians than other groups.  South Asians in the USA are a different selected population than South Asians as a whole.

Now if you think that these tests have no correlation to intellectual ability, you are welcome to present your evidence, but these things are pretty well settled. I'd also note that if you look at patent filings, in particular inventor names in US domestic filings  they tend to cluster around certain countries of origin.  [/quote]

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