# Selective Magnet School in Virginia moving towards a lottery system

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**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-magnet-school-in-virginia-moving-towards-a-lottery-system/922347 "2020-10-06T15:59:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-magnet-school-in-virginia-moving-towards-a-lottery-system/922347/150 "2020-10-13T10:43:24Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> This flawed solution is better than nothing.

Helping one minority at the expense of another is an obviously bad solution!

I just saw this on the CRT thread:

> <https://twitter.com/coalitionforTJ/status/1313762324805750784>

Why the hell is a _teacher_ talking about parents helping their kids succeed like it’s a bad thing? This sounds racist as fuck, as well as wrongheaded, and yet people are supporting it.

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