Why racial segregation is unacceptable but socioeconomic segregation is ok in private schools

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Anonymous wrote:OP were you born yesterday? Public schools are way more segregated than private on this axis. Private schools are paying millions per year for socioeconomic diversity through financial aid. Meanwhile home prices and NIMBY behavior are keeping good public schools behind locked gates for most.

Lol no. Even the best privates around here don’t give any aid whatsoever to more than half the students and very few students get anywhere near full tuition. So virtually every student in area privates is paying tens of thousands a year. Private school posters like to say that almost anybody in a rich public school in the suburbs can afford that but it’s not true at all for the overwhelming majority of public school families.

And, as the previous poster alluded to, nearly every Mercedes driver is high income. Nearly every mega-donor to philanthropic causes have lots of money. Nearly everyone who flies in a private jet or joins a country club is wealthy. Not coincidentally, expensive things require high income unless there is some alternative funding available, such as financial aid.

I’m not quite sure what is revelatory.

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OP brings up a valid point that DCUM liberals like to ignore so that they can appear virtuous while perpetuating economic inequality.

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Every time this comes up some schmuck brings up Langley or Whitman as if all public schools have their demographics. Which, obviously, they don’t.

Responding to a legitimate question by referencing outlier public schools doesn’t cut it.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time this comes up some schmuck brings up Langley or Whitman as if all public schools have their demographics. Which, obviously, they don’t.

Responding to a legitimate question by referencing outlier public schools doesn’t cut it.

The outlier public schools are the only ones that are comparable to the good privates. The rest of publics are irrelevant.

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Its very simple. Why it is ok to advertise racial diversity metrics (most private schools report that) and no information whatsoever on socioeconomic diversity. For instance how many students from families with a salary under 100k receive aid. It would be interesting to know more about that data. But of course, many people would not like to know about that.

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When I feel bad about my kids private school, I remember what it would cost to live near Janney.

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok?

I don’t try to dictate how other people spend their money. So yeah, I think it is fine. They are private schools.

Now let’s talk about public schools, where as a taxpayer, I should have a say. Why aren’t you complaining about the rich vs the poor public schools? Look at any of the DC or close in suburbs. Let’s take Arlington. There is a stark difference between the wealthiest and poorest schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok?

I don’t try to dictate how other people spend their money. So yeah, I think it is fine. They are private schools.

Now let’s talk about public schools, where as a taxpayer, I should have a say. Why aren’t you complaining about the rich vs the poor public schools? Look at any of the DC or close in suburbs. Let’s take Arlington. There is a stark difference between the wealthiest and poorest schools.

Socioeconomic segregation is fine for private schools but it is only bad for public schools. It totally makes sense.

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Because private funds being used for private education is none of your business?

Why do people get nose jobs? Why not education? Or avocado sandwiches?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok?

I don’t try to dictate how other people spend their money. So yeah, I think it is fine. They are private schools.

Now let’s talk about public schools, where as a taxpayer, I should have a say. Why aren’t you complaining about the rich vs the poor public schools? Look at any of the DC or close in suburbs. Let’s take Arlington. There is a stark difference between the wealthiest and poorest schools.

Socioeconomic segregation is fine for private schools but it is only bad for public schools. It totally makes sense.

So you aren’t actually concerned about this as a problem for society? You are just here to stir the pot? Got it.

You don’t care about wealth inequality and how to create a more just and equitable society. You care about debating private school parents who obviously (as evidenced by their actions) are not in the least bit concerned by this. Bad faith.

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Anonymous wrote:Its very simple. Why it is ok to advertise racial diversity metrics (most private schools report that) and no information whatsoever on socioeconomic diversity. For instance how many students from families with a salary under 100k receive aid. It would be interesting to know more about that data. But of course, many people would not like to know about that.

My private does publish this information fwiw.

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Anonymous wrote:OP were you born yesterday? Public schools are way more segregated than private on this axis. Private schools are paying millions per year for socioeconomic diversity through financial aid. Meanwhile home prices and NIMBY behavior are keeping good public schools behind locked gates for most.

Not in the DC area, apart from a few exceptions in the suburbs like Whitman and Langley. Otherwise the boundaries get drawn to include more economic diversity than you’ll get at most privates.

Give me a break. These diverse schools are not good public schools.

Jackson-Reed, Hardy, Walls -- all solid schools and very diverse economically, from one end of the spectrum to the other (and diverse racially).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok?

I don’t try to dictate how other people spend their money. So yeah, I think it is fine. They are private schools.

Now let’s talk about public schools, where as a taxpayer, I should have a say. Why aren’t you complaining about the rich vs the poor public schools? Look at any of the DC or close in suburbs. Let’s take Arlington. There is a stark difference between the wealthiest and poorest schools.

Socioeconomic segregation is fine for private schools but it is only bad for public schools. It totally makes sense.

So you aren’t actually concerned about this as a problem for society? You are just here to stir the pot? Got it.

You don’t care about wealth inequality and how to create a more just and equitable society. You care about debating private school parents who obviously (as evidenced by their actions) are not in the least bit concerned by this. Bad faith.

Not really. Socioeconomic segregation is bad everywhere (in the same way as racial segregation) . Just find it surprising that people think private schools are off limits for socioeconomic segregation.

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Anonymous wrote:Because private funds being used for private education is none of your business?

Why do people get nose jobs? Why not education? Or avocado sandwiches?

Very convincing argument.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok?

I don’t try to dictate how other people spend their money. So yeah, I think it is fine. They are private schools.

Now let’s talk about public schools, where as a taxpayer, I should have a say. Why aren’t you complaining about the rich vs the poor public schools? Look at any of the DC or close in suburbs. Let’s take Arlington. There is a stark difference between the wealthiest and poorest schools.

Socioeconomic segregation is fine for private schools but it is only bad for public schools. It totally makes sense.

So you aren’t actually concerned about this as a problem for society? You are just here to stir the pot? Got it.

You don’t care about wealth inequality and how to create a more just and equitable society. You care about debating private school parents who obviously (as evidenced by their actions) are not in the least bit concerned by this. Bad faith.

Not really. Socioeconomic segregation is bad everywhere (in the same way as racial segregation) . Just find it surprising that people think private schools are off limits for socioeconomic segregation.

People can buy what they want. Are you confusing us with a communist societyc