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So the kids voted and the administration is mad about who they voted for? If I'm understanding correctly, that is very anti-Democratic. Did any minority children run? So the school, which is only 18% white, held the vote in homeroom, meaning every kid voted according to the article, and didn't elect a black or Hispanic kid (for top positions)? The school is 56% Hispanic and 9% black so combined 65% and they chose, evidently, Asians and whites. Why is this a problem? The kids spoke. The majority (Hispanics) didn't vote for fellow Hispanics, big deal.
If all the kids voted in were Hispanic, would this still be a problem? When a combined 44% of the school ISN'T Hispanic? I think not.
PC has gone mad and it's only getting worse. If the kids didn't vote, and the students were somehow selected by a panel or something, I could see the issue. But apparently most if not all of the kids voted so there shouldn't be an issue. Like it or not, this is discrimination, apparently against the white and Asian students.
“It’s not OK for a school that is really, really diverse to have the student representatives majority white,” [school principal] Van Haren said.
No, of course it isn't. After all, it's a widely known fact that only students of color can possibly represent other students of color. They're also perfectly capable of representing whites and Asians as well, even though the other way around is not true. But of course, it's always the whites and the Asians (and the mixed-race, apparently) who come out on top. Must be due to institutionalized racism.
Using the same logic, maybe ANY time a person is elected to office who is not the same race as the majority of his or her constituents -- maybe all adult election results should also be delayed until everyone can be made comfortable with such an outrageous outcome. [sarcasm]
Carvajal said the student election mirrored the real world, where those with more resources and support are more likely to win and wield power.
Umm....these are middle schoolers, what kind of "more resources and support" could they have had? Did Mommies and Daddies buy off the other kids?
While I can appreciate the school making sure the "underrepresented" are represented, they could have still had those conversations without withholding the election results and, for lack of a better term, threatening the winners with not being able to serve.
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If I'm understanding correctly, that is very anti-Democratic. Did any minority children run? So the school, which is only 18% white, held the vote in homeroom, meaning every kid voted according to the article, and didn't elect a black or Hispanic kid (for top positions)? The school is 56% Hispanic and 9% black so combined 65% and they chose, evidently, Asians and whites. Why is this a problem? The kids spoke. The majority (Hispanics) didn't vote for fellow Hispanics, big deal. 
