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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also think it's racist to grant admission based on race. The admission process should be race blind.

On so many pages of the similar threads, I've never seen messages from black people saying how passionate their kids are about math/science and how their dream was to get into TJ - yet, they were rejected. It doesn't seem to be the problem. However, I saw messages saying "my black (Hispanic) child is a great student, very good at math, but we are not interested in TJ because we don't want our child to be the only black/Hispanic student in the classroom." Aren't these statements racist? Our white DD goes to TJ and is often times the only white female in the classroom. It doesn't bother us for a single second. She has a lot of Asian/Indian friends, boys and girls. [/quote]

[b]As far as you  know this is an anonymous board. If you know poster's races, then maybe Jeff owes us an explanation.[/b]

However, just because your white daughter has completely fit in with the crowd, doesn't make other students, who need a bit of a more specific network, racist.

Also, there is a stigma that follows AA and Latino kids, and that their admission is race based. So, it's only natural that they would find comfort in numbers. Also, they may be completely not racist, but they don't feel they are able to cope with the stigma, so they rather miss the opportunity all together. [/quote]
Black people don't have a stigma of being particularly quiet. If they thought that their children were unfairly denied admission to TJ and suspected that it was only because of their race, they would have started their own threads, petitions, protests, lawsuits, etc. and shared their personal stories. Yet, I don't see any stories from black families or even trolls pretending to be black saying that a specific talented black child was rejected by TJ only because of their race. Therefore the current admission process appears truly race-blind, without any stigma on anyone. However, if they change the rules as suggested, then of course everybody seeing a black TJ freshman will think that they got in due to the special quota and not because of their talent and hard work.[/quote]

DP.  Assume whatever you want to assume.  If more URMs are admitted to TJ and then translates to more qualified nonAsian minority scientists, who cares if some bigoted person thinks they're there because of some quota.  Not all TJ students have had extensive outside academic tutors/camps/courses, but a huge percent have.  Poor kids who don't have the resources to have those opportunities will never be able to compete against those kids who have.  So what appears to be a our meritocracy really is a reflection of parents' financial resources.  Look at TJ's FARMS rate compared to other FCPS schools' if you want evidence.  TJ is a public school and those in charge should be able to make sure that the school isn't skewed towards those who get outside academic support.  [/quote]

TJ prep courses are not very effective. [/quote]

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