| Eh, from your own words: > What they did was to put schools and school zones in ways that happened to line up with strong demographic differences in swaths of the city. Using geographic lines which correspond with race to determine entry to a school for which geographic location isn't a determining factor in success is racial segregation. Giving the same standardised test and using the result of that test to gain access to a gifted and talented program is not. from a linked ny articles in the OP article: > On the exam, they are asked to finish patterns: For example, if children are shown a triangle, a square and a triangle in sequence, they are asked to name what shape comes next. They are also asked to solve simple arithmetic problems and define words. I dont have the full test but any of the test parts I've seen do not in any way disadvantage native English speaking African-Americans. This is devolving into California's "maths is racist" because black kids in California don't score as well as non black kids. |