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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see anything in the lottery approach that discriminates against Asian kids in a manner that would support an equal protection argument.  It may not favor them as much. [/quote]

Look at the pie chart from the proposal and see the huge reduction in Asian American students and increase in all the rest (other than more than one race which is usually half Asian) including white students and you will see what the intended outcome of this proposal is.  It is clearly designed to reduce the Asian American population and affirm the anti-Asian sentiment you see all over this board.[/quote]

What you also need to see, is that this clearly benefits one race more than any other (surprise, it's not Black or Hispanic). The goal appears to be to increase White enrollments, since they go up by the maximum percentage in the projections for each year. This whole thing was never about improving Black and Hispanic enrollment more than a token amount. Pitting minorities against each other - divide and rule - hm, this playbook is familiar.[/quote]

That's just not correct at all. The white population would increase in the proposed change by about 33%. The Black and Hispanic populations would increase by several hundred percent.

And besides the fact, the far greater predictor of what will happen will come from what sort of impact the new policy will have on quality applications from each demographic.

[b]I do feel somewhat for the folks who spent all that money on test prep during 7th grade - they definitely got sold a bill of goods[/b].[/quote]

Dont. It is what many people dont get.

Improving math, reading comprehension and writing skills is the main point. TJ is only a part of the story.

It is like complaining that you wasted all your health insurance premiums because you did not get cancer and use up insurance dollars.[/quote]

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