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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]How on earth did you get that I was upset from what I posted? My child is in an HGC, I always assumed that kids got in by merit. What I said is it's not unreasonable to wonder if there might be a preference for URM based on other competitive admissions programs.[/quote]

Perhaps my AA child is not that aware of the full historical context; but he too wonders why certain white children are in the magnet programs.
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Great post!  I also read a great study about how "other factors", outside of grades test scores show Asians primarily but other groups also being discriminated against in most major colleges in favor of whites.  Discretionary admittance keeps the old guard in place.  I'm sure this can be extrapolated to many different areas including magnets.  I've seen it time and time again where the "image" of intelligence trumps actual demonstration of intelligence.  This bias gives whites unfair preferential treatment.[/quote]

Please post that study.  I would be interested to read that.[/quote]

Not pp, but....

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/[/quote]

From the article - "The research certainly supports the widespread perception that non-academic factors play a major role in the process, including athletic ability and “legacy” status. But as we saw earlier, even more significant are racial factors, with black ancestry being worth the equivalent of 310 points, Hispanics gaining 130 points, and Asian students being penalized by 140 points, all relative to white applicants on the 1600 point Math and Reading SAT scale."

I'd be interested to see SAT score comparisons with all legacy and athletic recruits removed.[/quote]

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