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Re:New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program by carabiner on Friday October 08, 2021 @09:09PM (#28806094)
> And in NYC, Asians are the poorest demographic by a large margin.

False. Asians are the second highest income demographic, second only to whites: https://wherewelive.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/uploads/2019...

So you can still make a case that the tests for G&T measure the wealth available for test preparation.

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Re:New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program by ng12 on Friday October 08, 2021 @10:18PM (#28806421)
In NYC Asians have the second-highest rate of poverty behind Hispanics.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/opportunity/poverty-in-nyc/data-to...

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