Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination

Post by busterarm » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 6:14 PM UTC

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You lost me at 'parents'. I grew up poor as shit in a single parent household. Food stamps. Hand me down clothes. My mom made damn sure that I went to the best possible schools, did all of the afterschool programs (including the expensive ones like band) and went to summer camp. She had to beg, borrow, save and sacrifice to make sure that happened. If you grew up in a two parent household you're already significantly…

I've got no interest in playing "who had it worse" but I think two or four or even a hundred apathetic parents put a child at more of a disadvantage than a single parent that actually cares. My parents had literally zero involvement in my education. I was never helped with homework let alone walked through the college application process. My friend literally paid the $50 application fee for me because I couldn't get…

Post by rayiner » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 6:25 PM UTC

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I attended TJ, back when it was about 30% Asian. I’ve always felt like the school should do more to get more underrepresented minorities. I’ve found the recent efforts very off-putting however. It’s based on a modern strain of social justice ideology that adopts some very ugly assumptions about Asians. I’m reminded of Alison Collins in San Francisco, who called Asians “house n—-ers” and said they use “white supremaci…

> But it’s a few thousand dollars if that (as low as under $1,000) which is reachable to all but destitute families. I live in Arlington, so not Fairfax, but in a neighborhood that borders Fairfax (and not really that far away from TJ either). The median household income for our census tract was about a 3rd of the county's average, ~$40k vs ~$120k when I looked into it a few years back. Which is also indicative of th…

Post by kbelder » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 6:27 PM UTC

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Thank you for contributing something other than pop-sociology to the comments (omg race is a social construct guys). I hadn’t thought about this this way before - eventually anyone with an inclination to “rage against the machine” will have to really pinpoint that energy and drill down and down until it seems like a parody. Not saying we’re there now, but an interesting thought exercise.

When the idea is backed by corporate HR departments and academic orthodoxies, it’s no longer raging against the machine. It is the machine.

Post by stjohnswarts » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 6:29 PM UTC

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It is simply a bad mechanism and argument to put injustices of the past on the shoulders of new generations, especially with goals defined in such a blurry manner. On the contrary, the best remedy is to treat people as equals. That isn't unpractical realism, nothing else is required. Of course some will have a huge head start and culture towards education is a very important factor. But you can shelve the false justi…

The injustices of the present need to be solved still. In America the way schools are funded in many states is such an obvious shorthand for racist school funding there isn't a level playing field.

Post by cutemonster » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 6:37 PM UTC

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> It's unfortunate that a quality education is a finite pie. Good that it's not then? With modern technology, one can get started on ultra cheap automated courses (not necessarily just static lectures, can be interactive/VR experience like good computer games), coupled with one on one help from paid and volunteer tutors around the world. Than those who show potential can in due time be given access to expensive resea…

>>> With modern technology, one can get started on ultra cheap automated courses You cannot compare a degree from a well known university with cheap/free online courses. The benefits of a degree from a well known university are immeasurable.