February 14, 2008
DOE Wants to Overturn Brooklyn School's Racial Quota
After a parents of a rejected student filed a class action lawsuit, the Department of Education asked a federal judge to overturn a 1974 ruling that set in place quotas to keep the school 40% minority and 60% white. The DOE wants the court to overturn the ruling immediately so the 2008-2009 will be quota-free.
Last June, 11-year-old Nikita Rau was denied a place at Coney Island magnet school, Mark Twain School - IS 239. The 1974 ruling was to keep the school desegregated, but now the school is very sought-after. Minorities must score at least 84.4 on a placement test and whites only need a score of 79.
Rau, who is South Asian, scored a 79 and was rejected. Her father told the NY Post, "This country believes in racial equality, and we should not face this in America. I think it's morally wrong! She's American born, and she's a U.S. citizen, and [her parents] are both U.S. citizens, but that doesn't count." Schools Chancellor Joel Klein even agreed the quotas weren't necessary, but did nothing. Therefore, the Raus filed a lawsuit after the Supreme Court ruled racial quotas cannot be used in public schools in Kentucky and Washington.
Now knowing that the DOE wants to overturn the order, Rau's father told the Times, "If they had done this right away, my daughter would already be in Mark Twain.” His daughter is at Bay Academy, another school for the gifted students but less competitive than Mark Twain.
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quota system arguments aside, I'd have to disagree with the Post headline. If the girl was "brilliant" she should have been able to score 84.4 instead of 79.
i love it when immigrants dictate to Americans what our policies are. only to reap the benefits ahead of those who've been here struggling for generations.
be glad your daughter gets to go to school buddy.
back home you'd be making pothole covers and dreaming of your daughter's dowry.
as a south asian, i'm a little offended by DaLata's comment, but it's true: i don't really care about this one little girl who didn't get into this elite school. at least she's going to school. and public schools are also possibilities in life. she should've scored an 84.4.
Ummm. it says "She's American born, and she's a U.S. citizen, and [her parents] are both U.S. citizens..."
So there's one school in town that still practices old-fashioned discrimination as opposed to the other 99% that relish in their status as cutting-edge institutions of newfangled discrimination. I guess it's all or nothing at all.
Cry me a river.
this quota is actually for the benefit of minorities if you think about it. Affluent black folk always send their kids to white schools. Why? cause they know white people are smart. if you remove this quota you get less white kids and get a whole bunch of minorities who barring asian kids, are not as smart, then you get academic white flight. Minorities need white kids
^ Tthey need more Asian kids :D White kids don't make anyone smart.
^ They need more Asian kids :D White kids don't make anyone smart.
Maybe babyhitler is TRYING to describe tipping: When the racial balance tips over to a non-white majority, causing suburban white flight due to perceived deterioration and real decline mainly due to the loss of resources and a student population with greater needs. If the suburbs would have been an option when the system was filled with immigrant Irish, Jews, ect, then the same thing would have happened in the 19th Century. To prevent this quotas were put in place to not scare away the white-middle class tax base.
Considering how badly cities were hurt, until very recently, one could argue the means were justified to save dying urban school systems, or not.
Or maybe babyhitler is just another white loser.