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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This issue is much more nuanced than simply low expectations for URMs. Imagine the great majority of Black and Hispanic kids in Fairfax County had similar (very high) socio-economic status equivalent to the average wealth of Langley, McLean, Chantilly families who are sending their kids to TJ. In that case, yes, giving URMs bonus points to get into TJ would be ridiculous.

However, the reality is that the majority of URMs are living in the lower-middle class or below poverty level. Why do you think all the "good" school districts have very few Hispanic and Black kids? Why do all the "bad" schools have so many Hispanic and Black kids? It always goes back to the inability to afford expensive housing, which leads to concentrated pockets of poverty in specific schools, which leads to bad outcomes in schools, which leads to what we have now.[/quote]

BS.

The overwhelming success of Asian children of immigrants (who’s parents arrived here with nothing) blows your tired old Marxist/progressive argument clean out of the water.

Tired of your incessant scolding about “privilege.”[/quote]

It is a privilege for those children to have parents who have come to America and become wealthy - and who have chosen to make the optimization of the TJ admissions process a priority. That is a humungous advantage that the child did NOTHING to earn, which is the definition of "privilege" in this instance.

Trouble is, in certain communities admission to both TJ and to other elite schools is considered to be an accomplishment not of the child, but rather of the family. Having been connected to TJ as long as I have, I've seen countless announcements of offers of admission to elite colleges over the years, and it's always amazing to me how often the parents of other students will comment congratulating the PARENTS, but not the student.

This is one of the reasons that the kids themselves view TJ's community as "toxic".[/quote]

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