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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admittance into any advanced program whether aap or TJ, should be double blind. No name, no sex, no race. Just the numbers. I would be incredibly offended if I were given special treatment based on my race or cultural heritage. It's extremely insulting. Double blind truly is the only way to go.[/quote]

It's more insulting to be gifted and not identified due to racial and cultural biases. [/quote]

Are you white?

It is much more insulting to have standards that say the asians need 145 to qualify, the whites 132, the hispanics 121 & the AAs 112 for example.

If I were a gifted person from an under represented group, this type of admittance would be so offensive. If I were asian I would lawyer up becaue my gifted child who scored above 99% of the kids accepted was denied resources that they more than qualified for.

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Does it do the black child any good to know they were admitted under different standards?  No.  Or say they had stellar credentials, the perception is always going to be he or she was only admitted because of race.

It would be affirmative action wrapped in a nice politically correct patina.[/quote]

That's the perception anyway so who cares. It's not really about how they got in but that they're in. Affirmative action is legal and beneficial and primarily benefits white woman. [/quote]

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