Selective Magnet School in Virginia moving towards a lottery system

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@damuriajashi

The intent in this case is clear. They are trying to increase the black and hispanic population. A worthy goal that comes at a discriminatory price.

This particular writer is a fairly active anti-asian academic. She and a colleague of hers in the gender/cultural studies department are two of the primary apologists of anti-asian discrimination in affirmative action.

That is nice /s

Do you have a cite for that, BTW there were more than just that writer in that cite.

@damuriajashi

Lotteries are not evil. They are just a stupid way of selecting for academic merit. And when you go from a reasonably good way of selecting for academic merit to a stupid way and the end result is a tradeoff of 4 fewer asian students to achieve an increase of 1 black student 1 hispanic student and 2 white students, it is discriminatory against asians.

Yep, not evil, just stupid.

As usual that is just an opinion, it does not deny that lotteries are a way to deal with limited resources so as to be more fair.

As I saw others comment, you should ask why is that those resources are limited, schools then need more help then to avoid the shortages.

Trying to make this a wedge issue is what some are still trying to do.

'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks