Негры и латиносы против приемных экзаменов в элитные школы Нью-Йорка

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A civil rights group plans to file a complaint on Thursday over the admissions test at New York City's specialized high schools, among the nation's most elite public schools, citing effective discrimination against black and Latino students, the group said.

While more than half the population of New York City is black or Latino, black students made up only 1.2 percent of the Stuyvesant student body last year, while Latino students represented 2.4 percent, city data showed.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which is filing the complaint, said the highly competitive, 2-1/2-hour, multiple-choice Specialized High School Admissions Test was at fault for the disparity.

При этом уже:

The city's Department of Education said in a statement on Wednesday it was bound by state law to admit students based "solely on an exam."

"We want all of our students to have opportunities to prepare for the test no matter their zip code," it said, adding more black and Hispanic students were offered specialized high school seats last year than in the previous two years.

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[misha-b.livejournal.com]

> вообще, по-моему, этот самый affirmative action надо в самом юном возрасте применять, а к университету истреблять. как раз время будет определить, кто не успевает в науках из-за тяжёлой социальной обстановки, а кто в силу тупости и лени.

В принципе очень разумно. Поблема в том, что в университет идут уже более или менее взрослые ляди, в то время как дети очень зависят от (не)желания родителей что-то для них делать..