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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
But AA is not about "reverse discrimination" - its about levelling the playing field. We know that at HS a black or hispanic student faces a lot of discrimination and disadvantages - we can make a rational assumption that a C grade for a black student if equal to a B grade for a white student. Of course, some individual white students may face more disadvantages that some individual black students - this is understood - but in general we know the ethnic minority students will experience a TENDENCY for discrimination against them. We know that - for example - the black students C represents the same level of actual ability as the white students B.
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uhm no. an innercity black student with a C probably has much less of an understanding as a white kid from the 'burb's with a B. because the white kid doesn't have to deal with as many problems from the students, drugs, gangs, having to 'look toiugh' just to not get beat up (and walkinig home with your books is a sign of weakness to some). chances are the black kids teachers do not push them as hard, do not give as much homework or test them as rigorously as a teacher from a school in the suburb. considering that there is a much better developed parental support system for kids with more affluent familes than poor kids (because the parents often have to work more than full time to put food ont he table), they're more likely to do their homework and get extra help than the inner city kid.
education is skewed to the rich, so if someone is taking algebra at an inner city high school and someone else at one in the suburbs, then most of the time a lower grade in the burbs would show an equivelant understanding of the material compared with a higher grade in the city.