Libs want to keep everyone stupid.
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That’s not the goal. Implied in the message is that some of the people are actually not stupid, and by having programs like this you are actually widening the gap further. IE, your promoting runaway success. I’m not coming to their defense in any way, because I think exceptionalism is a wonderful thing. But I think that it’s the disparity that they are focused on. They think programs like this increase the disparity. You have to remember that the problem is always the perceived inequity with liberals. Take wealth and income as a perfect example. To the leftist, it doesn’t matter those below the poverty line actually have a relatively high quality of life compared to much of the world, and compared to the human condition in almost all of human history. The problem is that there are others with more than them, and some with a lot more.
So yes, you are right, if everyone was made equally stupid, they’d at least see their equity or “fairness” goals accomplished.
Never forget, no one “deserves” anything, unless you are talking about an entitlement class. Everyone else, no matter how much work they put in, nor how much effort or money they invest, do not deserve anything they get.
No, I don't think it's that. I think it's more like "If everyone can't be special, then no-one will be special." It hurts the feelings of the dumb kids (who happen to be largely black) and therefore we can't have hurt feelings.
The FACTS speak for themselves: far more white and Asian kids are "gifted," therefore it is an inherently racist program.
The word "gifted" really irks me. It's not like the white and Asian kids were handed a "gift" at birth, just like they weren't handed "privilege." They come from a culture that respects and reveres hard work, achievement and success and they have parents who want to hand those characteristics down to their progeny. Urban black kids come from a culture where hard work, achievement, and success are derided as "white" values, where they expect everything to be free (thanks LBJ), and pride comes from being (or acting) dumb and being a failure. That is the belief system that gets handed down generation after generation.
Until you fix black culture and rid it of those toxic beliefs, very few black kids will rise up enough to be considered "gifted."
A relative teaches at an inner city Baltimore school for exceptional kids and they try to instill the value system of success. The kids live on campus Monday through Friday and go home Saturday and Sunday. Their biggest challenge is the kids get sucked back into ghetto culture with just two days at home and they have to work the next five days to re-implant a culture of hard work, success and rewards. Taking the kids out of the 'hood five days out of seven just isn't enough to do the job.