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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virtually no one argues for equal outcomes— just a bogeyman. [/quote]

Except for obscure, little-known figures like Ibram X. Kendi, who has no national platform of any sort, who explicitly argues for equal outcomes by racial group, to be enforced by whatever action is necessary.  See, for instance, his proposed Department of Anti-Racism.

The concept of equal outcomes is precisely what distinguishes “equity” from “equality” in current usage, and the existence of different outcomes is the “evidence” that equality is just not good enough.  That’s what it means; that’s all it means.  To be sure, the unit by which equal outcomes is measured is a collective one—individuals don’t particularly matter to the equity advocates, they are just data points—but equal outcomes for racial groups in the aggregate is precisely what the “equity” concept is intended to achieve.  [/quote]

And in practice in public education, this is done by eliminating honors levels (or just calling everyone “honors”), reducing or eliminating options for accelerated math, etc. If they can keep kids from getting “ahead” it doesn’t make other kids look as far “behind.” Equity is a noble goal but without proper funding, training, and sensible application, it’s just horse$hit. [/quote]

Yup, “honors for all” plus “grading for equity” plus elimination of standardized testing = equity.  If you don’t have any objective metrics that show any difference among students, you have attained equity in the only way that could ever be attained.  That’s not what most of the equity advocates actually want, but it is what they are going to get because it is the only way to do it, and equity is the most important consideration for decision makers at the moment.  [/quote]

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