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A Department of Education official lashed out at supporters of
the specialized high school entrance exam, calling them “bigots”
in an online screed.
The accusation was leveled in the comment section of a since-
deleted Facebook post of a New York Post article about Schools
Chancellor Meisha Ross-Porter’s call to end the tests.
Ross-Porter called the current test — which is overwhelmingly
aced by Asian students — “unacceptable.”
Some members of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association group
on Facebook called for Ross-Porter’s resignation, claiming she
was unfairly attacking the “hard working,” “low income” Asian
minority group.
Queens Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at NYC Department
of Education Alain Berrouet claimed that sentiment was biased
against black students, who represent just a small fraction of
those who passed the exam.
“Just more ‘Bigots’ on this thread trying to justify the soft
intellectual genocide of black children. We see you,” the black
official commented, in response to those defending the test,
according to screenshots reviewed by The Post.
In response to a user who wrote, “The secret is study hard,”
Berrouet, who goes by Alain Bee on Facebook, retorted, “So are
you saying that Black students are lazy and don’t ‘study hard’?
Stop with the coded language and just admit to your bigotry and
belief of Stereotypes.”
Another commenter called Berrouet out on the harsh rhetoric.
“You took ‘study hard’ as a racist comment. Which is bulls–t,”
the user replied.
In the latest test needed to enter the city’s eight specialized
schools, Asians comprised 53.7 percent of those admitted, while
27.9 percent of students who passed were white.
Of the rest of the students that were accepted only 5.4 percent
were Hispanic and 3.6 percent were black.
“I know from my 21 years as an educator that far more students
could thrive in our Specialized High Schools, if only given the
chance,” the new chancellor said in a statement Thursday.
“Instead, the continued use of the Specialized High School
Admissions Test will produce the same unacceptable results over
and over again, and it’s far past the time for our students to
be fairly represented in these schools.”
Ross-Porter was swiftly blasted by Asian community members who
called her remarks biased against young studious members of the
minority group, which has increasingly been the target of
violent hate crimes in the boroughs and beyond.
“What is unacceptable is the targeting of one particular group,”
said activist Wai Wah Chin. “Especially with what we see
happening on the streets of this city. What is unacceptable is
telling Asians that they don’t belong in these schools despite
their hard work.”
https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/nyc-doe-official-called-parents- who-support-specialized-high-school-tests-bigots/
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