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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
While eliminating systemic marginalisation is very important, I would caution that post-secondary entrance shouldn't be viewed as the primary mission of K-12 education and removing any negative impact on post-secondary entrance shouldn't be seen as the only potential benefit of increased diversity. There are much more fundamentally important characteristics of a basic education in a multi-cultural society, such as developing empathy and respect for diverse people and points of view, which are well served by having diversity in a teaching body.
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Yeah, that wasn't really my point though. If someone wants to go to postsecondary and has the ability to do so, but is being prevented from doing so for reasons beyond their control, then we should be doing what we can to get them there.