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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was informed over dinner tonight that an assistant principal from McKinley Tech was selected as a candidate.[/quote]

Is s/he diverse?  I had heard that having a principal of color at Wilson was a very important criterion this time.[/quote]

I should have responded to this post way back when you first posted it and then eliminated most of the follow-up discussion it provoked. However, as the very first post in this thread demonstrated, you shouldn't believe everything you hear. Particularly when you hear a lot of stuff from uninformed idiots.

This type of post is very unfair and should be completely discounted. An anonymous second hand claim is worthless. Moreover, giving even the slightest credibility to such a remark contributes to an unwindable situation for any candidates of color for the position. How will any person of color convince this poster that he/she is the best possible candidate and not chosen on the basis of race? A person of color, regardless of that individual's merits, will be greeted by people such as this poster with remarks such as, "yep, they put diversity ahead of picking the best candidate". All on the basis of an unfounded rumor. That is tremendously unfair.
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