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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how does explain the performance and being identified as "gifted" for Asians?  I'm Asian and NEVER had an Asian teacher/prof until college.[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing.  However, most of the times the "gifted" label is given to Asians only because of their top performance in various IQ tests administered by the school.  In the end, it becomes difficult to explain why an Asian student is not "gifted" if lesser performing students of different races are designated "gifted".

I think if there was a class of only Asian students taught by non-Asians, it would be easy to dismiss most of them as "prepped" instead of "gifted".  However, in a diverse classroom, the administration probably have to label the Asian kids as "gifted" just so others can be labelled as "gifted" too.

I also think that having Asian teachers would actually prevent Asian students from being labeled "gifted" because it would look like the teacher was biased for the Asian students.  Not having Asian teachers actually works in favor of Asian students. They are then evaluated entirely on their performance rather than race.  And performance is something these students can control instead of race.

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