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That's just monumentally wrong on so many levels. TJ isn't going anywhere.

What you will have is probably a slightly smaller number of kids taking TJ Math 5/6/BC Calc as freshmen. And that's fine. But the level of instruction in those classes isn't going anywhere, believe me.

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This is an assertion without evidence.  The evidence of what has happened in so many other places suggests otherwise.  
Bringing in more minorities, then there will be pressure to have then do well, pressure for grade inflation.
Equity is a major factor for the Fairfax School Board.

This process has happened in so many other places.  [i]Some Harvard professors actually give out internal grades to students, while giving them the inflated grades for their transcript[/i].

Believing you over evidence of how colleges have reacted to affirmative action admissions would require some more evidence from you.[/quote]

[i]Citation desperately needed[/i]

What you've cleverly done here is provided what researchers call a "non-falsifiable hypothesis".

"There will be pressure to have them do well, pressure for grade inflation." This statement introduces two possibilities:

1) minority students do well, thus "confirming" your hypothesis based on the framework that these students could never do well without artificial assistance - which tracks nicely with your theory that the only way they'd get into TJ is by lowering standards
2) minority students do poorly, thus "confirming" the idea that they don't belong at TJ to begin with

I can't speak to your motivations or what's in your heart, but your argument style is [i]to a tee[/i] how racists justify their racism. [/quote]

Nothing clever about it.  There is no need for me to prove this hypothesis.  Just stating that this is what some people are expecting to happen, based on what has been observed elsewhere.  By the way, I don't limit the inability to do well to black and brown kids, but also whites and Asians who are getting spots due to a school minimum quota.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Mansfield#Views_on_grades_and_affirmative_action
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So your citation is of a guy who fought against the concept of affirmative action and grade inflation by..... inflating grades. Well played. At least he knew it was happening.

The whole point I'm making is that there is absolutely no way to prove that this is or is not going to happen at TJ, and therefore just like Tucker Carlson on Fox News, you are sowing the seeds of doubt for no reason other than to undermine a policy that you find disfavorable.

Of course you don't need to prove your hypothesis. There's no proving or disproving it. But you'll get what you want from the status quo crowd because they'll be able to say, "well, how do we know they AREN'T inflating the grades?"

Disgusting. And yes, objectively racist.

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