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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where I live, there's a huge Russian community and, for the most part,  they highly value education, and their kids do a LOT of math and science enrichment, and going to TJ is a highly regarded achievement for which families prepare from a young age. I wouldn't be surprised if a big percentage of the white demographic is Russian. That said, and be honest with yourself, if the Russian community were bigger, and made up a majority of TJ, would you be making the same arguments about equity and the same disparaging statements about them as you do Asians? I think not. I think you would admire and aspire to be them. You wouldn't say they're trying to keep blacks and Hispanics out (which is such a silly argument anyway because who at TJ would really be thinking about doing that?? That is a systemic issue). You might think you're not racist and just making rational, equitable arguments, but I don't believe that for one minute. You don't like Asians. Admit it and just put on your white pointy hat for everyone to see. [/quote]

I agree with the above. There are large cultural differences that some people on this thread are misattributing as racism. The fact is that the "typical American" (I know it's stereotypical to use this term), doesn't really put too much value on science, and especially mathematics. Evidence for this is systemic and shown by the widespread math phobia present even among teachers in schools. Some say they do value it, (but if they do, they certainly don't realize that it takes a lot of work to learn math and science well, and become better at it). With this in mind, what we're seeing at TJ is normal; we will never have a very large percentage of whites sending their kids there because they are well aware of how hard it is to get in, and then to succeed in a further 4 years there. But I don't see anything wrong with that, it's everyone's personal choice. Other cultures, (especially Asian cultures, Russian communities, etc), are the exact opposite in this regard. They place a very high value on science and especially math, so it would be natural that many kids are very interested in wanting to go to TJ. I don't see any "systematic" racism or bias that some people in this thread implied.[/quote]

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