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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Black and Hispanic students at TJ are not treated badly or viewed as a product of affirmative action[/b].  Why would they be when they were admitted through the same rigorous process?

The kids who get in with the new system with middle school quotas and preferences for certain kids with “experience factors” will certainly be viewed as weaker candidates since they needed special accommodations to get admitted.[/quote]

"My best friend got stuck on the waitlist because of you"

"You're so lucky, you're gonna get in anywhere you want because you're Black"

"I wish I were Hispanic so I could get into Yale"

"Are you sure you want to go straight to Math 5? Kids from [i]your area[/i] tend to struggle when they get here..."

Families in Northern Virginia have always believed that some level of affirmative action has always existed at TJ. Their view of Black and Hispanic students is so low that they see the existence of ANY of them at TJ as evidence of affirmative action. [i]They have told me so to my face[/i] (I am neither).

What's remarkable about the above statement is that folks actually believe that they can tell who got in with "Experience Factors". That statement in and of itself is EXPLICITLY racist.

Believe me when I tell you that there will be plenty of Asian students who will be helped by this process. PLENTY. Kids who come from schools that are historically underrepresented at TJ - but still happen to be Asian. Kids who are low income - but still happen to be Asian.

And there will be wealthy Black and Hispanic kids coming from Rachel Carson and Longfellow and Kilmer, just like there always have been.[/quote]

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