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It’s only unpopular to the extent it correlates with (or against) certain racial groups.

• ch4s3 4y ago
  The sense I've gotten from talking to vocal opponents is that they are philosophically blank slaters and strongly, fundamentally believe that people do not have fundamentally different aptitudes.
  • tomp 4y ago
    I doubt they’re arguing in good faith. There is an argument to be made that we should improve education and bring more people up to speed (e.g. a lot of top10% of high schoolers can learn integration but it required a once-in-10-generations genius to figure it out for the first time). But even the most fervent blank slaters should recognise that people have different interests, and come from different educational backgrounds. The only reason to support equality of outcome is to repress high-performers.
    • ch4s3 4y ago
      I've heard a bunch of different flavors of the argument, and some dumber ones. I think it all boils down to a one size fits all model being bad for most students.