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It's ironic that all their talk about diversity and inclusion is being used so that they can increase the number of rich white people they admit.
by lacker 6y ago
It's ironic that all their talk about diversity and inclusion is being used so that they can increase the number of rich white people they admit.
- someguydave 6y agoactually the opposite is likely to happen, as Scott posits.
- Barrin92 6y agono OP is right, that's actually what Scott says "In a world-historic irony, the main effect of this “solution” will be to drastically limit the number of Asian students, while drastically increasing (!!!) the number of White students. The proportion of Black and Hispanic students is projected to increase a bit but remain small. Let me say that one more time: in practice, TJHS’s move from a standardized test to a lottery will be overwhelmingly pro-White, anti-Asian, and anti-immigrant; only as a much smaller effect will it be pro-underrepresented-minority."
- someguydave 6y agoyes but what reason is there to think they will be rich whites?
- Barrin92 6y agomy guess would be that moving to a lottery is going to drastically shift the demographics of the school to the general demographics of the region, which would be affluent white people. Scott's saying that the rigorous testing regime got a lot of Asian kids into the school because they tend to do very well on tests, the affirmative action helped minorities, what is presumably the political majority felt left out.
- jcranmer 6y ago> the general demographics of the region, which would be affluent white people. FCPS is actually probably the largest diverse school district in the US. It's about 37% white, 27% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 10% black, and 6% multiracial. (Although affluent still holds true--Fairfax County is the second-highest median household income county in the country).