Posted on 03/13/2022 7:12:37 AM PDT by Scarlett156
‘Equity’ is all the rage in education, but it might not be in the future. A legal case points the way.
Louis K. Bonham writes at Minding the Campus:
In the last few years, academia has utterly embraced the concept of “equity” as articulated by Ibram X. Kendi; i.e., that if a particular identity group is statistically under- or over-represented in anything, the reason for the imbalance is indisputably systemic discrimination, and thus positive discrimination to correct the imbalance is not only proper but mandatory. Indeed, many universities now require students and faculty to undergo indoctrination in this fallacious tripe and to pledge allegiance to it as a condition of admission/employment. Questioning the wisdom, effectiveness, or legality of “equity” usually results in the cancel culture mobs coming after you, as my friends Dorian Abbot and Gordon Klein can attest.
As a lawyer and longtime student of constitutional law, one of the most disturbing things about academia’s adoption of the Kendian “equity” concept as official policy is that it is so clearly illegal…
Nevertheless, just as fundamental economic realities exist regardless of contrary wishful thinking, those who have adopted the Kendian concept of “equity” as official policy are learning that the law is not so easily ignored. An excellent example of this occurred last week in the case of Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, where a federal court entered a summary judgment declaring such a Kendian program flatly illegal.
The case arose out of a new admissions program for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (“TJ”), a highly regarded public high school in affluent Northern Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.. Historically, admission to TJ has been extremely competitive, with applicants having to satisfy certain minimum requirements (such as a minimum core GPA of 3.0 and scores above certain thresholds on three standardized tests) to be eligible to apply for admission. As with many other STEM-focused programs, this merit-based admission process resulted in large numbers of Asian-American students at TJ: the 2020-21 class was 71.79% Asian-American, 18.34% white, 3.05% Hispanic, and 1.77% Black, whereas the overall student population of the area was 36.8% white, 27.1% Hispanic, 19.8% Asian-American, and 10% Black.
“In the last few years, academia has utterly embraced the concept of “equity” as articulated by Ibram X. Kendi; i.e., that if a particular identity group is statistically under- or over-represented in anything, the reason for the imbalance is indisputably systemic discrimination, and thus positive discrimination to correct the imbalance is not only proper but mandatory.”
This is not only illegal but also fake science. It is not only a false religion but evil. The foundation of this sin is envy.
Waiting for NBA to recruit over blacks for underrepresented whites, asians and Jews.
Sigh. You'll never end discrimination by discriminating.
“Equity” is systematic racism. It is meant to suppress the idea of equality.
It is being crammed into regulations under the radar. For example, insurance companies that get approvals from government (Medicare, Obamacare, etc.) have to demonstrate that they are rationing benefits based on race.
Spot on! There are races more intelligent, on average, than mine, and races that, on average, live longer than mine. Never once has it occurred to me to that these facts are somehow “unfair”. They just are, and if considered intelligently, can be instructive on a personal level.
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The foundation of this sin is envy.
Agreed.
More precisely ‘ covetiousness’.
The meaning of COVETOUS is marked by inordinate desire for another’s wealth or possessions.
Legalized theft is what they are pushing.
This kind of crap is why we have high school students who cannot read or write..
I think that’s kinda what it means in this case, too.
You must admit, it might make the game a lot more interesting.
Instead of trying to keep those Asians down, we should take a closer look at what they are doing right.
Who’s trying to keep Asians down? Not me!
I truly feel sorry for kids going through this in the public school system. I mean, I don’t like kids, but they don’t deserve this.
One of the reasons: 'There's just too many Asians.' The Asian population of SF turned out in record numbers to throw these people out. That is an anecdotal answer to your question. The real answer:.................................... LIBERALS
Scarlett, my original post was not directed at you personally, but was directed at the content of your post.
I was joking anyway! I understood the content of your reply!
I note that the writers of that article capitalized black (as Black) when describing that race, but left white as white, thus disrespecting White people.
I, too, use selective capitalization to indicate my contempt for various groups, but there’s also the laziness factor. Do I want to hold down the “shift” key again or not in a 400-word post?
LOL. Just wanted to make sure!! Hava a good one.
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