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[quote=Anonymous][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]

[b]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]

How many black people have gone on the record with their disapproval of the new system? I'm guessing very few. Also, do they speak for all black people? I'm black and I support the new system because I think TJ should serve all areas of Fairfax County. I didn't support the old system that allowed a situation  where 30 percent of a class came from one prep center that cost $4,000+. Many people in Fairfax County of all races couldn't afford that.  I, of course, don't speak for all black people but nor do the black people "who've gone on record with their disapproval of the new system." You pulling that out is like the "I have a black friend so..." argumen[/b]t.[/quote]

FWIW, I'm Asian and completely agree with you. I also support greater inclusion. [/quote]

FWIW, I'm Asian and completely disagree with you. I also support greater inclusion w/o discrimination against Asians. [/quote]

You can't have greater inclusion [b]without you claiming discrimination against Asians[/b]. Any greater inclusion will necessarily mean fewer Asians as Asians make up 69-70 percent of the TJ student body.  Nothing in the new standard discriminates against Asians, no matter how many times you say it does.[/quote]

Baseless assertion. The PP is not claiming discrimination against Asians at any of the other VA Governor schools except for TJ. Disparate impact alone is not the issue here. Don't be dense. [/quote]

I [b]guarantee [/b]that any policy the diminished the percentage of Asian students will be labeled racist.  [/quote]

Another baseless assertion. [/quote]

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