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Whitewashing of Asian students and a report that launched a reckoning By
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A school district sparked fury after grouping Asian and white students together. The message was clear: Person of color meant underperforming.
T
he outrage was immediate.
A report from North Thurston Public Schools in the Olympia/Lacey area went viral last November for lumping Asian and white students together because their test scores are roughly the same. Students of color â not including Asians â were a separate category.
The implication was clear: Person of color meant underperforming.
âNot all Asians are the same, and theyâre not the same as white students,â said Erin Okuno, who is Japanese and Okinawan.