New York City Bill de Blasio is pushing to diversify New York City’s elite high school by setting aside 20% of the seats for those from “disadvantaged communities”:
Zipcode is limiting destiny in New York City and in our Specialized High Schools. Only 14% of students at Bronx Science come from the Bronx. Only 3.4% of Brooklyn Tech students come from Central Brooklyn.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 3, 2018
Stuyvesant High School just admitted almost a thousand students, but only ten of those students were African American and less than thirty were Latino. In a city that is majority African American and Latino.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 3, 2018
These schools are the proving grounds for future leaders, and unless we believe our leaders should only come from certain communities, we cannot have our most prestigious schools available to only some.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 3, 2018
Our first reforms will commit 20% of the seats to kids from disadvantaged communities. And we will work with Albany to eliminate a system where one broken test dictates a child's future.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 3, 2018
So much talent is being locked out right now. Justice has been delayed, but it does not have to be denied. We can fix this. These schools will get better when they reflect all of New York City. pic.twitter.com/KubzwdT5sY
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 3, 2018
It’s not exactly clear how de Blasio will define a disadvantaged community, but it does seem that Asian-Americans will be the hardest hit.
Asian-Americans make up roughly 12% of New York City’s population, but they’re almost 73% of the kids at Stuyvesant High School and 62% at Bronx Science.
We eagerly await Mayor de Blasio’s explanation for his reverse discrimination plan and why these minority families should be hardest hit by his new policy.
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