Aren’t most school kids in NYC predominantly black and hispanic anyway?
Exactly my question. If the overall school population is majority-minority, what’s up with giving some priority to students from groups which are already a majority in the district?
or is this intended to “integrate” some schools which still have bigger than average numbers of white students?
According to the article, only 15% of the public school population is classed as “white” - meaning, I assume, of 100% European origin. Of course, many Hispanics would qualify, too, but apparently speaking Spanish disqualifies you - these lefties drive me crazy with their ethnic hair splitting.
What they want to do is lower or actually remove test scores and performance for admission to special programs or schools. Of course, this still means the majority students (which they erroneously refer to as minority students) will do badly because they simply won’t be able to do the work.
The left doesn’t believe that black or other non-European origin students are as good as “whites” and actually capable of learning and succeeding. That’s what this really says. Oh - except for Asians, whom the left doesn’t believe should be allowed to compete anyway because they study and do too well.