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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If organizations funded by Fairfax county tax payers and the population must be proportionally represented, Asians must be:

- 20% of the school board;
- 20% of the top 100 administrative positions at FCPS;
- 20% of the county teachers;
- 20% of the county employees including the top 100 administrative positions;
- 20% of the County Board of Supervisors;
- 20% of the County Judges;
- 20% of County prosecutors;
- 20% of the County police officers;
- 70% of TJ teachers;
- 70% of top 20 positions at TJ;
- 20% of County Contracts and Grants;
- 20% of county public schools' sport teams
- 20% of county schools' clubs and organization (including SGAs) members and officers etc. e
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Good grief. No one on the side of pro-reform is actually arguing that there must be proportional representation of students at TJ down to the percentage point. Textbook definition of a straw man argument. By and large people are okay with the school being plurality-Asian.

What people ARE arguing is that structural issues that have obviously eliminated economically disadvantaged students from previous classes need to be addressed. The reality of the situation is that because socioeconomic status tracks so well with race in Fairfax County, that's going to have an impact on the racial composition of the school.

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