Forum: Internet Links Topic: Elite Public Schools in NY are Racist started by: TheCatt Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 05 2013,16:32
< Article >QUOTE The disparities were the worst at Stuyvesant, where 2 percent of blacks, 3 percent of Hispanics, 24 percent of whites and 72 percent of Asians were accepted. Clearly this is racist against whites. QUOTE Parents of black and Hispanic students have long complained about the lack of diversity in the elite schools’ enrollment Oh wait, wut? Only Hispanics and blacks? The 3 most elite schools: QUOTE In this city of 1.1 million public school students, about 40 percent are Hispanic, 32 percent are black, 14 percent are Asian and 14 percent white. More than two-thirds of Stuyvesant High School’s 3,247 students are Asian (up from 48 percent in 1999). At Brooklyn Technical High School, 365 of the 4,669 students, or 8 percent, are Hispanic; at the Bronx High School of Science, there are 114 blacks, 4 percent of the 2,809-student body. Ah, here we go: QUOTE Ashley Wright, a black 13-year-old who has her eyes on Brooklyn Tech and Stuyvesant, said many of her black and Hispanic friends were simply not motivated to do well on the test. “I see a lot of people who have an opportunity at a good life, but they mess it up,” she said, her legs shaking in anticipation of the exam. Good luck, Ashley. |