“We need to preserve diversity and mitigate the projected whitening of the feeder pattern”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Projected whitening means the projected gentrification. Are you upset they didn't use more PC wording to keep more people's feeling in tact?
Did you get a feeling of exclusion?
Did you feel it was unjust?
Unequitable?
Privileged?

Or was it just ego?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Projected whitening means the projected gentrification. Are you upset they didn't use more PC wording to keep more people's feeling in tact?
Did you get a feeling of exclusion?
Did you feel it was unjust?
Unequitable?
Privileged?

Or was it just ego?

But in this case, projected whitening doesn't necessarily mean projected gentrification -- the schools in question all primarily serve neighborhoods that are not gentrifying, because they're already rich and mostly white. They're getting whiter (or "whitening") because more in-bounds students are crowding out out-of-bounds students, not because the neighborhoods are changing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

I honestly don’t understand what you’re talking about. Do you?

Is being white bad? It’s that why there are moves to mitigate it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black. Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 parent here- I have zero problem with the language. In fact, I applaud it.

I assume that you send your child EOTR for school so that you can be part of the solution

The solution is to have good schools in every neighborhood so no kid has travel across the city to get a good education. Do you disagree?

can you point to any good high schools that draw from extremely poor populations? Good schools everywhere is another way of saying 'not my problem' from people who know that the biggest factor in whether or not a school is good is the level of education of the students' parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 parent here- I have zero problem with the language. In fact, I applaud it.

I assume that you send your child EOTR for school so that you can be part of the solution

The solution is to have good schools in every neighborhood so no kid has travel across the city to get a good education. Do you disagree?

That is a platitude, not a solution.

It’s like saying “I want clean air”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black. Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.

What are the characteristics absent in white people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black. Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.

I’m not talking about reality; I’m talking about DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 parent here- I have zero problem with the language. In fact, I applaud it.

I assume that you send your child EOTR for school so that you can be part of the solution

The solution is to have good schools in every neighborhood so no kid has travel across the city to get a good education. Do you disagree?

can you point to any good high schools that draw from extremely poor populations? Good schools everywhere is another way of saying 'not my problem' from people who know that the biggest factor in whether or not a school is good is the level of education of the students' parents.

DCPS *has* to find a way because it does have enough students with educated parents to go around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

I honestly don’t understand what you’re talking about. Do you?

Is being white bad? It’s that why there are moves to mitigate it?

I think this topic went over your head because you have no need to think about it.
Trying to attack my intelligence is a marker of non-understanding, defensiveness, and is rude.

Another question I will ask is when has it been asserted that white is ever bad? Because you feel attacked now that racist videos have surfaced and people are caring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black. Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.

What are the characteristics absent in white people?

You tell me, what makes someone a white person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 parent here- I have zero problem with the language. In fact, I applaud it.

I assume that you send your child EOTR for school so that you can be part of the solution

The solution is to have good schools in every neighborhood so no kid has travel across the city to get a good education. Do you disagree?

That is a platitude, not a solution.

It’s like saying “I want clean air”.

What’s your solution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black. Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.

What are the characteristics absent in white people?

You tell me, what makes someone a white person?

can you tell me what makes someone a black person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 parent here- I have zero problem with the language. In fact, I applaud it.

I assume that you send your child EOTR for school so that you can be part of the solution

The solution is to have good schools in every neighborhood so no kid has travel across the city to get a good education. Do you disagree?

can you point to any good high schools that draw from extremely poor populations? Good schools everywhere is another way of saying 'not my problem' from people who know that the biggest factor in whether or not a school is good is the level of education of the students' parents.

DCPS *has* to find a way because it does have enough students with educated parents to go around.

good luck schools across the country have been trying for decades, have any succeeded?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens.

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black. Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.

I’m not talking about reality; I’m talking about DCPS.

If we are talking about DCPS they mean black and non white hispanics, not asians.