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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]Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps[/quote]

TJ doesn’t have race on the app. 
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[b]Disparate impact[/b] is a recognized legal theory.[/quote]

Interesting. So if certain races have much lower acceptance rates & enrollment #s than others is that a disparate impact?
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It basically means something that is race neutral can still be found to be discriminatory if it results in having a disparate impact on a protected class. Something that is race neutral can be a proxy for doing something racist if it has the result of being discriminatory against certain races. It depends on the facts and who and how it impacts. [/quote]

Right. So the current admissions process has a disparate impact on admissions for URMs — significantly lower rates of admission. 
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Is that what the facts show? What if you look at % of applicants of each race who applied that are accepted? [/quote]

Yes. We already did that analysis on another thread. 
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Ok thanks. Why do we only care about URMs? [b]There are poor Asians[/b]. And we didn’t have Hispanic people as slaves so it’s not reparations for them to be URMs. Sorry if that was already discussed. [/quote]

Statistically, they were also non-existent at TJ prior to last year (along with poor kids in general) [/quote]

Yes, the current admission process opens up opportunities to low-income Asians which were previously underrepresented at TJ.

https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL_TJ-Amicus-Brief-Press-Release-03-24-22-LJ-Edits.pdf
“Limiting the ability of schools to remove known barriers would unfairly place the hopes and dreams of equal opportunity out of reach for many deserving and hardworking Black, Latino, and underserved Asian American students and their families,” said Eri Andriola, Litigation Staff Attorney, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC. “The lawsuit obscures the rich diversity of the Asian American community and attempts to treat us as a monolith, when in reality all students benefit from expanding access to education.”

https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/publication/amicus-brief-support-admissions-policies-promote-equal-educational-opportunities
“Last year’s revisions to admissions policies at TJHSST broadened access for Black and Latinx students, female students, as well as economically disadvantaged students, English language learners, and students with disabilities, including Asian American students in these groups. ”

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