{"id":401101,"date":"2019-03-24T08:18:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/why-joe-biden-lewrockwell\/"},"modified":"2019-03-24T08:18:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T07:18:15","slug":"why-joe-biden-lewrockwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/why-joe-biden-lewrockwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Joe Biden – LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Of 895 slots in the freshman class of Stuyvesant High in New York City, seven were offered this year to black students, down from 10 last year and 13 the year before.<\/p>\n

In the freshman class of 803 at The Bronx High School of Science, 12 students are black, down from last year\u2019s 25.<\/p>\n

Of 303 students admitted to Staten Island Technical High School, one is African-American.<\/p>\n

According to The New York Times, similar patterns of admission apply at the other five most elite high schools in the city.<\/p>\n

Whites and Asians are 30 percent of middle school students, but 83 percent of the freshman at Bronx High School of Science, 88 percent at Staten Island Technical and 90 percent at Stuyvesant.
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What do these numbers tell us?<\/p>\n

They reveal the racial composition of the cohort of scientists and technicians who will lead America in the 21st century. And they tell us which races will not be well represented in that vanguard.<\/p>\n

They identify a fault line that runs through the Democratic Party, separating leftists who believe in equality of results for all races and ethnic groups, and those who believe in a meritocracy.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bill de Blasio has expressed anger and frustration at the under-representation of blacks and Hispanics in the elite schools. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature have ignored his pleas to change the way students are admitted.<\/p>\n

Currently, the same test, of English and math, is given to middle school applicants. And admission to the elite eight is offered to those who get the highest scores.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Asians, not whites, are predominant.<\/p>\n

Though 15 percent of all middle school students,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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