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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing that really bothers me about racial quotas is that they're lumping groups together in a way that absolves them from including Latinx and AAs.  In my kid's AAP classes, most of the Hispanic kids are white kids of Spanish origin and not Latinx.  Likewise, [b]most of the black kids are African immigrants and not African Americans. [/b] In both cases, it's kids from generally privileged groups taking spots that are nominally intended for underprivileged groups.[/quote]

You can't possibly be arguing that black people who came here recently from Africa are "privileged" compared with black people who have been living in the States their whole lives? I'm curious to hear about these privileged African countries with free world class educations and free housing and everything else that people are eligible for here.[/quote]

Nigerians are the highest educated immigrants to come to the U.S., across the board. That isnt cheap.

Not all African's live in huts. geez[/quote]

Yes, but not all African Americans live in huts either.[/quote].
I'd venture to say those AAs in the program skew to higher SES. Highly educated (and probably higher SES) Africans are more likely to do well so it makes sense that the African immigrants would be more represented in the program.   [/quote]

Wakanda Forever![/quote]

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