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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ's racist policy that your tax dollars is defending cut the Asian entry by half

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/04/fairfax-co-schools-defends-admissions-policy-at-thomas-jefferson-hs/[/quote]

“By half”? Guess you’re not so good with numbers?

Recap of admission #s from 2024 to 2025:
+64 overall

+50 female
+14 male

+46 hispanic +242%
+37 white +26%
+29 black +245%
+8 other/mixed +26%
-56 asian -26%

+142 from underrepresented MSs
-36 private school
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And despite that TJ is still over 50% Asian right?[/quote]

Yup. Headline: Group That Is Over-Represented Threefold Thinks It’s Racist That They’re No Longer Over-Represented Four-Fold[/quote]

+1 And something must be done about this![/quote]

Keep going.  This "racial balancing" motivation is what is being questioned by the court.  You can have a great outcome but if the process to get there is not constitutional then it does not matter.  But keep going.  You guys dont care how unfair/unconstitutional a process is as long as it gets your goals.[/quote]

People have *repeatedly* pointed out that the approach sucked but the outcome is a step in the right direction.

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People have *repeatedly* pointed out that ends do not justify the means in any modern democracy.  If that does not sink in from a constitutional perspective, let me give you something you can relate to.

Even if you catch a murderer red-handed and dont follow due process like reading the Miranda rights, you will not get the conviction.

There are many on this forum who are on board with increasing diversity at TJ but you have to do it the right way. [/quote]

What is the right way to increase diversity at TJ? [/quote]

Define diversity - if you do it by skin color, you've already lost the argument. Prove that TJ is not diverse; again if you come up with a race chart, you've already lost. [/quote]

And attituteds like that are why the school is going to end up closed or as an academy [/quote]

In other words, you are either unable to or unwilling to even define diversity except in a racist way, and would rather that a school close down than have it not be involved in implementing your desired racist policies. [/quote]

You've solved the problems. No black kids at a school isn't an issue if mentioning that there are no black kids at the school is racist. Congratulations.  [/quote]

That's not what I said. If you can tie the lack of black kids at a school to explicitly racist policies, such as affirmative action, or facially neutral policies implemented with racist intent, like the new TJ admission policies, then we can absolutely work together to remove those barriers to black kids. Absent such evidence, it's improper to identify racial disparity as a "problem" that needs solving. [/quote]

Cool, now get the Board and, more importantly, local voters to agree. Your solution really is genius, I think you should start publicizing it widely- no racism because [b]pointing out racism is in itself racist [/b][/quote]

Again, that's not what I said. Your lack of reading comprehension is at an impressive level. [/quote]

Or maybe views like "That's not what I said. If you can tie the lack of black kids at a school to explicitly racist policies, such as affirmative action, or facially neutral policies implemented with racist intent, like the new TJ admission policies, then we can absolutely work together to remove those barriers to black kids. Absent such evidence, it's improper to identify racial disparity as a "problem" that needs solving." will go over better in Alabama. [/quote]

So first you mischaracterize what I said, and when challenged, you try to assail what I said by inferring that it is somehow unwholesome through a worthless innuendo. Your thoughts are shallow and your character bankrupt. [/quote]

What you said amounts to racist garbage [/quote]

+1000. Do you think the Coalition-aligned folks simply don't understand their racism or that they understand it and therefore are using the Russian "accusation as confession" tactic?[/quote]

One side here is defending a policy that's been found to be racist in federal court. [/quote]

and the other is defending a system that has historically excluded black, hispanic, and poor students [/quote]

Could it be possible that not many blacks applied and those who did apply were not as qualified as other applicants?[/quote]

We’ve looked at the numbers on earlier threads. A high % of black students who were eligible to apply, did apply. And the admission rate was disproportionately low.

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And who made those past admission decisions for decades? Wasn't the admissions office employees all white, black or Hispanic with obligatory 1 or 2 Asians? Isn't it same for the actual admissions panels - 90% white, 5% black, 4% Hispanic and 1% Asian? Why is the blame with Asians when Asians had nothing to do with TJ admissions? This is crazy. The school board has no Asian as well. I can't think of any Assist Supert. either. [/quote]

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