Florida Adopts Racist Educational Standards Even Though Race Classifications are “Nonsense”
Florida sets education standards based on race, ethnicity
By Caroline May. New education standards approved this week in Florida set goals for public school student performance based on race and ethnicity — with lower benchmarks for African-American, Native American, and Hispanic students, and higher ones for white and Asian-American students.
“We need a strong plan to support our dynamic education system,” State Board Chairman Gary Chartrand said in a statement announcing the approval of the state’s strategic plan for public schools and state colleges through 2018, which includes the new race-based benchmarks.
“I am confident that these strategies and goals will put Florida on a path toward raising student achievement, improving educator quality, and expanding school choice,” he added.
According to the plan, Pre-K through grade 12 students will be assessed with their racial subgroups in mind “to reduce the achievement gap.”
By 2018, 90 percent of Asian students, 88 percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanic students, 82 percent of Native American students and 74 percent of African-American students are expected to be at-or-above grade level reading standards. Read more from this story HERE.
Race: the Single Most Overrated Scientific Myth
By Gregory Oatis. Look, isn’t it time we dispensed with all the “race” nonsense, once and for all?
The fact is, categorizing humanity by “race” as has been happening for all these centuries is simply not a scientifically valid proposition. There is just one race of people on this planet, the human race.
Skin color defines a person about as much as hair color, eye color, or the length of the second toe on the right foot.
It’s a scientific fact that skin color cannot be discerned through DNA testing. If you doubt me, check it out.
And skin color is not even useful as a predictor of chromosomal similarity.
For example, if you pick 50 Americans at random and analyze their DNA, the two most similar sets are as likely to be those of a Ukrainian-American and an African-American as they are two African-Americans. Read more from this story HERE.
