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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole thread (like many others on DCUM that devolve into racial stereotyping) shows how toxic the TJ discussion and environment have become.  It's sad for all the kids that go there or will go there who just want to take cool STEM courses that aren't available elsewhere.  These kids are now just pawns in a political debate marked by racist overtones on all sides.[/quote]

"...on many sides.... on many sides....."

- 45[/quote]

Yep - this is what happens when you engage in both-sidesism and try to pretend that the privileged - the majority - are equally oppressed.[/quote]

That's ludicrous.  All I meant was that there are lots of racial stereotypes being thrown around in this debate - some of the people who don't like the changes admissions policy are stereotyping Black and Latino/a students (as less qualified) and some of the people who do like the changes are stereotyping Asian American students (as prepped robots).  The only students that have escaped the stereotyping are white students.  Funny how that works out.  [/quote]

Correct. And the point I'm making is that the charge of "less qualified" is a lot more pernicious than "prepped robots". Neither are great, but one is a lot uglier than the other and carries much deeper coded meaning about inadequacy. Additionally, the power relationship in this dynamic SIGNIFICANTLY favors the group that routinely occupies 70-75% of the seats at the school.  [/quote]

The whole exercise was intended to discriminate against "the group that occupies 70-75% of the seats at the school."  It's what FCPS does these days.  [/quote]

Impact does not imply intent.[/quote]

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