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It's not especially hard to find examples. A couple off the top of my head, as I was looking into the education system in the States recently. "African-America

It's not especially hard to find examples. A couple off the top of my head, as I was looking into the education system in the States recently. "African-Americans have had worse access to educational resources, so let's shut down gifted programs for everyone." https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/08/us/new-york-gifted-and-talented-education-program/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/08/us/new-york-gifted-and-ta... "The population of certain high-status schools is not demographically identical to the population at large, so let's stop using objective criteria in university admissions." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-test-optional-sat-act-scores-college-admission/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-test-optional-sat-act-s... "Girls do worse in math class than boys, so let's change the curriculum to be less about math and more about social justice." https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=13658 https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=13658

heavenlyblue 5y ago
Your abstracts do not even correspond to the content of the articles, how can I take you seriously after this? The last article doesn’t mention word “girls” or “female” at least once on the page.
- endominus 5y ago
  In what sense do they not correspond? The gifted program was being shut down because schools like Stuyvesant admitted very few black students. See, for example, Forbes' take on the subject; https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2019/08/28/to-address-inequity-lets-do-more-than-eliminate-gifted-and-talented-programs/?sh=75fa37fa55ae https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2019/08/28/to-add... Likewise, there is an ongoing court case about Yale (which is also spilling over into discussions about other schools) discriminating against students by race. See https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/yale-illegally-discriminates-against-white-and-asian-students-justice-department-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/yale-illegally-discriminates.... They have been trying to transition to more subjective methods of student filtering for a while now to hide this better. Rather than include an entire bibliography of the context behind the change, I just linked to that change being enacted, since that's what I considered the important thing being asked for (the proof of systems being made more unfair/objectively worse). I can't give you bulletproof explanations of why these changes are being made - no one can. No one has come out to explicitly say, "We're changing the math curriculum because [group] is doing worse and we need to tilt the field in their favor." It's always couched in "better world" language - it's more just, more equitable, allows students to learn better, etc. But the claim was that social justice reforms are more focused on destroying something providing value to a privileged group than trying to come up with ways for everyone to achieve better outcomes together. That's what these changes, in general, show. Instead of having the opportunity to go to a specialized gifted program, even if it's harder for people of some races to get in, no one gets one. Instead of auditable, comparable, and clearly defined criteria for college acceptance, it's entirely subjective and based on the Admissions Office's biases. Instead of a math class that teaches actual math, even if some students find that boring or difficult, we have whatever California is doing.

heavenlyblue 5y ago

Your abstracts do not even correspond to the content of the articles, how can I take you seriously after this? The last article doesn’t mention word “girls” or “female” at least once on the page.

endominus 5y ago
In what sense do they not correspond? The gifted program was being shut down because schools like Stuyvesant admitted very few black students. See, for example, Forbes' take on the subject; https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2019/08/28/to-address-inequity-lets-do-more-than-eliminate-gifted-and-talented-programs/?sh=75fa37fa55ae https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2019/08/28/to-add... Likewise, there is an ongoing court case about Yale (which is also spilling over into discussions about other schools) discriminating against students by race. See https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/yale-illegally-discriminates-against-white-and-asian-students-justice-department-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/yale-illegally-discriminates.... They have been trying to transition to more subjective methods of student filtering for a while now to hide this better. Rather than include an entire bibliography of the context behind the change, I just linked to that change being enacted, since that's what I considered the important thing being asked for (the proof of systems being made more unfair/objectively worse). I can't give you bulletproof explanations of why these changes are being made - no one can. No one has come out to explicitly say, "We're changing the math curriculum because [group] is doing worse and we need to tilt the field in their favor." It's always couched in "better world" language - it's more just, more equitable, allows students to learn better, etc. But the claim was that social justice reforms are more focused on destroying something providing value to a privileged group than trying to come up with ways for everyone to achieve better outcomes together. That's what these changes, in general, show. Instead of having the opportunity to go to a specialized gifted program, even if it's harder for people of some races to get in, no one gets one. Instead of auditable, comparable, and clearly defined criteria for college acceptance, it's entirely subjective and based on the Admissions Office's biases. Instead of a math class that teaches actual math, even if some students find that boring or difficult, we have whatever California is doing.