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TJ uses a "holistic admissions" process. This is not race agnostic. This is the same kind of admissions process that Harvard uses, for example. TJ now uses a "G
by Manuel_D 5y ago
TJ uses a "holistic admissions" process. This is not race agnostic. This is the same kind of admissions process that Harvard uses, for example. TJ now uses a "Graduate Portrait" with criteria like "ethical citizen" which supposedly measures how an applicant, "Acknowledges and understands diverse perspectives and cultures when considering local, national, and world issues" . These sorts of personality scores are used as proxies for race.
Lawsuits are already moving forward to challenge this admissions process: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-lawsuit-admissions-changes/2021/03/10/339e7c3c-81c0-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jeffer...
- UncleMeat 5y agoIf these elements can be considered proxies for race and therefore racist, why can't test scores? The prior system was constructed too, it wasn't handed to us by the universe. It is also worth knowing that activists didn't want the holistic system, but instead wanted a merit lottery - which leaves no room for this correlation. The merit lottery was also called racist. Regardless, TFA isn't just arguing about the details but about the very concept itself.