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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 11:41:49 JST Paul Cantrell

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   I am extremely skeptical of people who assert that they’re doing this sort of nonsense in the name of equity. Doesn’t compute. POSIWID, and this drives wedges between people and undermines public schools.

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     Whitney (writerethink@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 11:41:57 JST Whitney

     Last RT: whenever I read about holding kids back in the name of "equity", I think back to awkward, "highly gifted" kid-me and how *utterly fucking miserable* my childhood would've been if I'd been held back to grade-level in the interest of "equity".

     I just...I know way too many well-meaning white liberals who've convinced themselves that "giftedness" is just something that privileged parents buy their kids, and they're not 100% wrong about that, but also: kids like me exist, in all races.