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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]OP, this is a great teaching moment for you and your child. If you take the time to learn about why students from these disadvantaged backgrounds need such a program, you can explain it to your kid. After all, people of color are forced to have very serious conversations with their kids about things like police brutality and racial profiling, so your kid will survive.

Please do some self-reflection because you may be passing down your unconscious (or conscious) prejudice to your child.[/quote]
It is a good opportunity to explain that my kids and the young scholars are not at fault here and that this segregation exists because misguided adults chose to separate children because of the color of their skin or the jobs some parents have. It’s a good lesson. [/quote]

:roll:  :roll: PP, I think a lot of FCPS's "equity" language is nonsense, but your post is ridiculous.  Do you also want your child without disabilities to have an IEP?  Frankly, if this is even on your radar as a problem, you live a privileged life.  Move along.[/quote]
It's pretty simple. This program admits based on the color of a kids skin... to support kids who may be disadvantaged because of the color of their skin? Why not just have a program like this for everyone to be encouraged achieve their best? Everyone can gain something from this kind of program. [/quote]
I talked about kid who was admitted previously. She’s white. Not low SES. But she is 2e.  Stop spreading lies PP.[/quote]

My child is also in Young Scholars. White. High SES, but 2e. It’s not about skin color.[/quote]
So then based on the admission criteria a white middle class neurotypical kid is not listed as qualifying but a black middle class neurotypical kid does qualify or a hispanic middle class neurotypical kid does qualify. And that is not about skin color?

I just think it appears to be a good thing that all kids could benefit from.

Never heard of it before... looked it up and was a bit shocked. But it sounds like it's been around for a while and we can just ask to join, so it's just bad messaging. thanks for the help. [/quote]

It's kind of about skin color.  My kids were not eligible for YS.  Some Black and Hispanic classmates with college educated parents working professional jobs were admitted.  [b]In that case, the only real difference between them and my kid was skin color[/b] and not 2E status, SES, parental education level, aptitude, or anything else.

It's still a great program and not at all a problem.  [b]The URM classmates who got in will experience some degree of racism due to their skin color, so they are still disadvantaged based on skin color.[/b]  It's fine for them to get access to programs that will encourage them.  Also, many of them are excellent role models for other URMs who were less likely to consider more rigorous courses.    My kids may have been a bit bummed to miss out on some cool field trips and summer programs, but they're otherwise not disadvantaged in any way and don't belong in a program for kids who are disadvantaged.  [/quote]
Kids aren’t dumb. When they ask why and you explain that sometimes people are racist to those black kids, so they get this to make up for it. You don’t get this because you are Asian and don’t experience racism the same way, so the school gets to be racist to you because that’s good racism. I mean there’s no good way to explain this.  It gets even worse when you are in a minority majority school.

I’m sure it started as a good idea, but if you are new to all this and your kid brings it up and you look into it, it ain’t great.
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It should be strictly along SES and 2E lines if anything. [/b][/quote]

I think the intention to specifically include Black and Hispanic, regardless of SES, is because of the fact that they still lag far behind in college degree statistics. White and Asian adults are twice as likely to have college degrees. You can chalk that up to culture, values, or a variety of other reasons. But there's value in trying to break generational cycles by helping young kids who statistically aren't destined to graduate college.[/quote]
But including everyone into these special enrichment activities doesn’t inhibit their college aspirations. But alas, this thread is littered with excuses for obvious discrimination. We can just throw this one on with the rest. [/quote]

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