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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just another example of opportunity hogging by the UMC on display. All these parents would fight tooth and nail to keep AA kids out. It’s just like during desegregation but instead of spitting at the kids, you throw lawsuits. Gross![/quote]

This is just ignorance.   This is nothing like segregation.[/quote]

Sure, it's a total coincidence that letting AA students into TJ is the action that precipitated the lawsuit[/quote]

I look at it a different way - the school board is led by a rich White person by the name of Brabrand.  Brabrand has consistently demonstrated that when it counts, he has horrible leadership skills (see: pandemic response, for instance) - the hallmark of someone who got to where he was on political lines rather than on his merits.  It comes as no surprise, then, that when faced with the problem of racial inequity, the solution he would push would (1) be illegal while still being allowed to proceed, (2) devalue merit as a factor, while emphasizing the importance of political factors, and (3) redistribute inequity rather than finding a way to address the underlying inequity.  Of course any of those factors would prompt a well-deserved backlash, including from the Black people who've gone on record with their disapproval of the new system (I'm assuming that by AA, you didn't mean Asian-Americans).  The idea that admitting more Blacks was ever the problem is a lie.[/quote]

The prominent Black person who has gone on record against the new system - and takes every opportunity to remind everyone that he is Black and therefore beyond reproach - has Asian-American children.[/quote]

C4TJ want to ensure the poor have limited access and the rich can buy entry. It's all about requiring expensive prep where students gain up front access to the test.  It's so ridiculous. [/quote]

That's exactly the message that Brabrand's bought-and-paid-for PR team has been pushing all along without making any attempt at adapting itself to the situation.[/quote]

Adapting how. Paying millions every year to make new tests to foil the cheaters? That's a total waste of time and resources. They would just adapt. [/quote]

You are right in one way. Whatever test based on math and writing may have been designed by FCPS, the Asians would still have done well. The only way for white progressive, flowery essay types to get their kids in was to eliminate the test. Putting in geographic criteria alone would not have helped these sorts. [/quote]

:roll: No I'm right that the cheaters would find a way to get copies of whatever redesigned test there is so why engage them by creating new tests?[/quote]

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