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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by qgin on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:55PM (#31671416)
There’s two ways to equity.

1. Make sure everyone has access to opportunities.

2. Get rid of all opportunities

People are going for the second one despite the fact that it doesn’t actually improve anyone’s life. Its like solving homelessness by burning down all houses.

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by minsc_and_boo on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:28PM (#31671929)
False dichotomy.

It's like countering homelessness by enforcing that a portion of housing is accessible, affordable low-income housing. People sitting in high-income housing then make frivolous statements about all the houses being burnt down, or how we should also remove public basketball courts because of the NBA.

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by qgin on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:54PM (#31672275)
No, you’re talking about option #1, which I also agree is better. That’s not what’s happening here.

If you see a program that doesn’t have equal access, and instead of doing the hard work to get to equal access, you just get rid of the program… that’s the #2 option, the one I’m referring to, which is worse for everyone.

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