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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS: We want to hire more Hispanic teachers.
DCUM: OMG! MCPS is going to hire unqualified teachers just because they're Hispanic!

MCPS: We want to get more Hispanic and black kids to apply to the magnet programs.
DCUM: OMG! MCPS is going to let unqualified Hispanic and black kids into the magnet programs just because they're black or Hispanic!

What is the common factor here? DCUM's assumption that black/Hispanic = unqualified.
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No way. Currenlty they're trying to recruit the best teachers and the best students regardless of race. When you try to recruit a specific race, you're going to look less at talent and more at race. [/quote]

Well, let's start with the fact that Hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity. People who are Hispanic can be of any race.

Then let's go on to -- maybe they're trying to recruit the best teachers and the best students regardless of race/ethnicity, but the fact is that they're not succeeding.

And let's finish with -- race/ethnicity can actually be part of the qualification, for teachers. In general, it's good for kids to see that people like them can become teachers (or doctors, or plumbers, or whatever). However, if you disagree with this, we can disregard it and still have plenty left.

So, why do you assume that increasing black/Hispanic participation means increasing the participation of unqualified people?[/quote]

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