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In reply to the discussion: First Ohio girl to win masonry competition gets replaced by a 3rd place boy at Nationals. [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)It is altogether possible that their explanation is accurate, that the kid who was sent to the national competion was the actual winner of the competition and both kids are victims of an unfortunate and benign scorekeeping error.
It is possible that judge(s) of the regional competition unfairly biased the results of that competition, effectively cheating the favored student, and that SkillsUSA is trying to spin it to be an innocent mistake.
It is possible that the kid who was sent to the national competition was a beneficiary of an unfair bias toward his school.
And yes, it IS possible that skillsUSA is instititutionally biased against girls. This seems unlikely, given their efforts to recruit girls into the contest.
Identity politics is not always the best lens through which to see the world. I would argue that it's almost always not.