poor bvys :'( :'( i def plan on shedding a tear within 48 business hours
QuoteAsian parents filed a federal discrimination suit against the New York State Education Department Wednesday — claiming their kids are being unfairly kept out of a STEM summer program in favor of black and Hispanic students.
The state-funded Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) admits around 11,000 7th-to-12th-grade students a year for classes at 56 participating colleges and medical schools statewide.
The pre-college enrichment program aims to "increase the number of historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students prepared to enter college and improve their participation rate" in math, science, tech and health fields, according to its website.
But while black, Hispanic and Native American students can apply regardless of family wealth — Asian and white schoolkids need to meet certain low-income criteria, the lawsuit filed in upstate New York federal court claims.
"In other words, the Hispanic child of a multi-millionaire is eligible to apply to STEP, while an Asian American child whose family earns just above the state's low- income threshold is not, solely because of her race or ethnicity," the filing states.
The allegedly biased admissions criteria have been in place for nearly four decades, the suit claims, adding: "Thirty-nine years of discrimination is enough."
Plaintiffs include New York City-based Yiatin Chu of the Asian Wave Alliance, who said she was stunned when she first heard of STEP's policy a few weeks ago and decided to join the suit, which also names Education Commissioner Betty Rosa as a defendant.
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I see Black goddess in the background holding up what appears to be a sign saying "unity" ...givin a solidarity mess
kwee go home - to your neighborhood which im pretty sure they've infiltrated with their businesses.
let these hoes fight on their own
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