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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] We know how to select for poverty without abandoning merit[/quote]

How? [/quote]

Just have a quota for poor kids.
X% of the spots are reserved for kids on free/reduced lunch.  Let the politicians fight over the valuer of X[/quote]

I prefer them selecting the top kids from all schools and reducing the impact that buying tests has.[/quote]

Nah, you want a specific racial mix and you don't believe you can achieve it as long as merit is involved.[/quote]

Not at all. I'm a strong supporter of race-blind admissions. I do support ensuring these opportunities are available to all students though not just those who can afford expensive test prep.  Previously, 90%+ of those admitted were coming from a few wealthy feeders. Without test prep students from less affluent schools who lacked this privilege didn't have a chance. I'm glad they opened this up to all county residents not just those who live in affluent zip codes.[/quote]

That's like implementing literacy tests, poll taxes and grandfather laws because you didn't like who was getting elected.
These are all race blind restrictions but are primarily supported by racists nonetheless.

They didn't change the change the admissions criteria from a merit based race blind process to an almost random race blind method because of test prep or affluence.  
They changed it because they didn't like the skin color of who was being selected by the merit based process.

If you want to select for poverty, we know how to do it without abandoning merit.[/quote]

You sound a bit crazy. Maybe you should take a break.[/quote]

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