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To: C19fan
Laurie Rubel implicates both meritocracy and “color-blindness” as ideological precepts that hold back racial minorities from succeeding in math classes

Tell that to the Asians, who kick everybody's a$$3$ in math.

The reality of what she is saying, is that some races aren't as smart or motivated as others and need to be coddled.

10 posted on 01/08/2018 8:42:10 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mountn man

Tell that to the Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian and Iranian students who are frequently at the top of the international math lists, and who dominate the scores in Canada and US in spite of their relatively small numbers. The success of other racial minorities puts a lie to the claims that “white oppression” is the cause of black and hispanic academic failure. Are asians that genetically wired for math, or is it because most of the kids are in stable families where academic success is encouraged and hard work by the kids is expected. If you’re a 12 year old black kid growing up in south Chicago and your 26 year old mother has no idea where you are at 11 pm on a school night, then it’s not a recipe for success. The problem needs to be identified and dealt with. Permitting sub-standard math results as some sort of affirmative action program will harm all American students.


24 posted on 01/08/2018 8:55:13 AM PST by littleharbour
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