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> Are we on a submission about language? Why are you guys talking about race-based admissions My mistake. I'm also discussing the anti SAT/ACT and anti-MCAT mo
by LawTalkingGuy 3y ago
> Are we on a submission about language? Why are you guys talking about race-based admissions
My mistake. I'm also discussing the anti SAT/ACT and anti-MCAT movement on parenting forums and I open posts in new tabs to respond to them and forgot which thread was which.
The reasons being given for dropping the standardized tests are to help minorities despite that tests generally end up being a positive for disadvantaged people, not a burden. That's exactly where I was going with that "anti"-racist racist teaching guidance - rules that are claimed to help minorities which are in fact the worst things you could do.
> You know what you're doing
You read that post and you think I want minorities to fail? That I want racist school policies?
I was railing against the assumption that minority (it's always racial minorities they mean) students are failing to begin with, and then that they were failing because white courses and white standards are too hard for them.
That sort of racial framing goes against decades of psych research into things like stereotype threat and is known to be harmful to students' success.