My personal anecdote on my schoolboard's gifted program: Even though teacher after teacher had nominated me for the program no one actually gave me the placeme

My personal anecdote on my schoolboard's gifted program: Even though teacher after teacher had nominated me for the program no one actually gave me the placement test until 7th grade. Some math, lots of puzzles, timed quizzes, etc. I passed and spoke with the teacher. We didn't get along, and in today's slang she would be considered a 'Karen'. I was the only person of color in the program, in a majority-minority school. And with the gifted teacher not wanting me there I asked to be taken out, went back to my 'ghetto ass friends'. I took the classes I liked and never gave the G&T program another thought. I went on to take regular accelerated maths, language, history with a sprinkling of AP, dual credit classes. Where I met up with all those supposedly gifted students again. Based on my experience on schooling in the 90s. The G&T programs have a serious racial issue that is only now being reckoned with.