MCPS schools are segregated

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.

So you are good with "separate but equal"?

NP, as long as the separate isn't forced, sure.

Seriously, where are all of these defenders of segregation coming from? Now they're supporting "separate but equal"?!

ok enough

in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere they want period. So quit the talk about segregation.

Seems like the liberals have moved from saying racisim too much to now using segregation. Try again neither of these terms is correct to describe the situation. No one is being forced to live in separate enclaves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.

So you are good with "separate but equal"?

NP, as long as the separate isn't forced, sure.

Seriously, where are all of these defenders of segregation coming from? Now they're supporting "separate but equal"?!

ok enough

in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere they want period. So quit the talk about segregation.

Seems like the liberals have moved from saying racisim too much to now using segregation. Try again neither of these terms is correct to describe the situation. No one is being forced to live in separate enclaves.

Read this: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/steering-real-estate-agents/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when I started to look at colleges and my parents told me that I had to go to a school with at cv last 10% Jewish population. I didn’t really understand it until I went to college (one with a large Jewish population) and was the first Jew that many people had met. The questions I was asked, the assumptions made, and the comments I heard made me sure of one thing- when I graduated I would always love in an area like I grew up. One where I was comfortable with my religion. So, yes, I picked my home based on the location of lots of synagogues but also so my children could grow up surrounded by people that share their same beliefs. This is what redistricting is about for me. I want my white children who are minorities to be in a school with people like them. And I don’t want a far ride away from that.

So, basically you only want your kids to associate with Rich parents and Jewish. You should go to an all Jewish school. My white Jewish kids wouldn't even make your standards, probably.

You are ridiculous. How do you know she doesn't live in Kemp Mill or the Moshav... Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.

So you are good with "separate but equal"?

NP, as long as the separate isn't forced, sure.

Seriously, where are all of these defenders of segregation coming from? Now they're supporting "separate but equal"?!

ok enough

in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere they want period. So quit the talk about segregation.

Seems like the liberals have moved from saying racisim too much to now using segregation. Try again neither of these terms is correct to describe the situation. No one is being forced to live in separate enclaves.

Read this: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/steering-real-estate-agents/

and your point doesn't refute my point that in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere.

to your point I bet you would be shocked that people want to live with people that are similar to them be it race, religion, education, political viewpoint etc. There are tons of posts on here from black families asking where the black neighborhoods are or jewish families etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.

So you are good with "separate but equal"?

NP, as long as the separate isn't forced, sure.

Seriously, where are all of these defenders of segregation coming from? Now they're supporting "separate but equal"?!

ok enough

in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere they want period. So quit the talk about segregation.

Seems like the liberals have moved from saying racisim too much to now using segregation. Try again neither of these terms is correct to describe the situation. No one is being forced to live in separate enclaves.

Read this: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/steering-real-estate-agents/

and your point doesn't refute my point that in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere.

to your point I bet you would be shocked that people want to live with people that are similar to them be it race, religion, education, political viewpoint etc. There are tons of posts on here from black families asking where the black neighborhoods are or jewish families etc.

Anyone can sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal bread, too - but generally it's poor people who do those things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Four pages of people explicitly defending segregated schools.

But MCPS is not responsible for housing policies. They are trying to de-segregate as much as they can by busing, much to the disgust of many parents. What exactly is the school district supposed to do about the fact there are very few low income housing in certain parts of the county? How can the school district force wealthier parents to live in the poorer parts of the county?

Heading on to five pages of people explicitly defending segregated schools...

Actually many people are not defending the segregated schools as much as saying that it is not the school board's place to try to fix them. It is the county council. Bussing has never worked in the past. Fix the bigger issue and the school's will be fixed in turn.

Defending segregated schools.

Troll

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.

So you are good with "separate but equal"?

NP, as long as the separate isn't forced, sure.

Seriously, where are all of these defenders of segregation coming from? Now they're supporting "separate but equal"?!

ok enough

in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere they want period. So quit the talk about segregation.

Seems like the liberals have moved from saying racisim too much to now using segregation. Try again neither of these terms is correct to describe the situation. No one is being forced to live in separate enclaves.

Read this: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/steering-real-estate-agents/

and your point doesn't refute my point that in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere.

to your point I bet you would be shocked that people want to live with people that are similar to them be it race, religion, education, political viewpoint etc. There are tons of posts on here from black families asking where the black neighborhoods are or jewish families etc.

Yes, anywhere at all!

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”

? Anatole France

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.

So you are good with "separate but equal"?

NP, as long as the separate isn't forced, sure.

Seriously, where are all of these defenders of segregation coming from? Now they're supporting "separate but equal"?!

ok enough

in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere they want period. So quit the talk about segregation.

Seems like the liberals have moved from saying racisim too much to now using segregation. Try again neither of these terms is correct to describe the situation. No one is being forced to live in separate enclaves.

Read this: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/steering-real-estate-agents/

and your point doesn't refute my point that in 2019 anyone can buy anywhere.

to your point I bet you would be shocked that people want to live with people that are similar to them be it race, religion, education, political viewpoint etc. There are tons of posts on here from black families asking where the black neighborhoods are or jewish families etc.

Yes, anywhere at all!

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”

? Anatole France

and another troll

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do you fix the problem of non-citizens that don’t speak English failing in English speaking schools? Send rich kids to the same school. The ESOL kids will learn by osmosis from the rich! That’s how it works right?

Nice try, but the rich will NEVER go there. The will either move elsewhere with a great public school, or go private. You cannot force rich white people to be with poor people of color if that is not what they want. Most people want to be with people like them. Sorry, but this is human nature. The ones who will suffer are the poor with this fiasco. This will just make MCPS a mediocre sea of so so schools.

Says the segregationist.

Says the troll.

[Anonymous]

I’m a white parent of a child in a Potomac elementary school, and I’ll admit the boundary study worries me. My son goes to a W school but we live close to the Richard Montgomery border and we paid a good $100K more than what our house would have cost in the RM district. I grew up in Montgomery County and went to another “W” school, so the prospect of having my child bussed to attend a racially and socioeconomically diverse school worries me, since it is not what I experienced. I’ll admit my own implicit biases and racism makes me worry about my child having an educational experience that differs from what I had growing up. That being said, so many of the comments on this forum and in other forums I have read that oppose the boundary study are truly frightening and make clear that the bulk of opposition, (I’d say a good 90 percent) boils down to straight up racism. We have people on here straight up saying they support “separate but equal.” In 30 years from now we will all look back at this and the opponents are going to be on the wrong side of history. It is high time white people like me own up to our own implicit biases and racism and face the fact that allowing the current system to continue is just plain wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a white parent of a child in a Potomac elementary school, and I’ll admit the boundary study worries me. My son goes to a W school but we live close to the Richard Montgomery border and we paid a good $100K more than what our house would have cost in the RM district. I grew up in Montgomery County and went to another “W” school, so the prospect of having my child bussed to attend a racially and socioeconomically diverse school worries me, since it is not what I experienced. I’ll admit my own implicit biases and racism makes me worry about my child having an educational experience that differs from what I had growing up. That being said, so many of the comments on this forum and in other forums I have read that oppose the boundary study are truly frightening and make clear that the bulk of opposition, (I’d say a good 90 percent) boils down to straight up racism. We have people on here straight up saying they support “separate but equal.” In 30 years from now we will all look back at this and the opponents are going to be on the wrong side of history. It is high time white people like me own up to our own implicit biases and racism and face the fact that allowing the current system to continue is just plain wrong.

There is no "RM district." You bought into the MCPS school district.

You don't buy into any particular school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a white parent of a child in a Potomac elementary school, and I’ll admit the boundary study worries me. My son goes to a W school but we live close to the Richard Montgomery border and we paid a good $100K more than what our house would have cost in the RM district. I grew up in Montgomery County and went to another “W” school, so the prospect of having my child bussed to attend a racially and socioeconomically diverse school worries me, since it is not what I experienced. I’ll admit my own implicit biases and racism makes me worry about my child having an educational experience that differs from what I had growing up. That being said, so many of the comments on this forum and in other forums I have read that oppose the boundary study are truly frightening and make clear that the bulk of opposition, (I’d say a good 90 percent) boils down to straight up racism. We have people on here straight up saying they support “separate but equal.” In 30 years from now we will all look back at this and the opponents are going to be on the wrong side of history. It is high time white people like me own up to our own implicit biases and racism and face the fact that allowing the current system to continue is just plain wrong.

There is no "RM district." You bought into the MCPS school district.

You don't buy into any particular school.

Nice. I think this PP was on your side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a white parent of a child in a Potomac elementary school, and I’ll admit the boundary study worries me. My son goes to a W school but we live close to the Richard Montgomery border and we paid a good $100K more than what our house would have cost in the RM district. I grew up in Montgomery County and went to another “W” school, so the prospect of having my child bussed to attend a racially and socioeconomically diverse school worries me, since it is not what I experienced. I’ll admit my own implicit biases and racism makes me worry about my child having an educational experience that differs from what I had growing up. That being said, so many of the comments on this forum and in other forums I have read that oppose the boundary study are truly frightening and make clear that the bulk of opposition, (I’d say a good 90 percent) boils down to straight up racism. We have people on here straight up saying they support “separate but equal.” In 30 years from now we will all look back at this and the opponents are going to be on the wrong side of history. It is high time white people like me own up to our own implicit biases and racism and face the fact that allowing the current system to continue is just plain wrong.

AA parent here, thank you for your thoughtful post--it's refreshing among a lot of pretty hostile and close-minded comments. Most people don't admit their own biases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a white parent of a child in a Potomac elementary school, and I’ll admit the boundary study worries me. My son goes to a W school but we live close to the Richard Montgomery border and we paid a good $100K more than what our house would have cost in the RM district. I grew up in Montgomery County and went to another “W” school, so the prospect of having my child bussed to attend a racially and socioeconomically diverse school worries me, since it is not what I experienced. I’ll admit my own implicit biases and racism makes me worry about my child having an educational experience that differs from what I had growing up. That being said, so many of the comments on this forum and in other forums I have read that oppose the boundary study are truly frightening and make clear that the bulk of opposition, (I’d say a good 90 percent) boils down to straight up racism. We have people on here straight up saying they support “separate but equal.” In 30 years from now we will all look back at this and the opponents are going to be on the wrong side of history. It is high time white people like me own up to our own implicit biases and racism and face the fact that allowing the current system to continue is just plain wrong.

I think this poster is a troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a white parent of a child in a Potomac elementary school, and I’ll admit the boundary study worries me. My son goes to a W school but we live close to the Richard Montgomery border and we paid a good $100K more than what our house would have cost in the RM district. I grew up in Montgomery County and went to another “W” school, so the prospect of having my child bussed to attend a racially and socioeconomically diverse school worries me, since it is not what I experienced. I’ll admit my own implicit biases and racism makes me worry about my child having an educational experience that differs from what I had growing up. That being said, so many of the comments on this forum and in other forums I have read that oppose the boundary study are truly frightening and make clear that the bulk of opposition, (I’d say a good 90 percent) boils down to straight up racism. We have people on here straight up saying they support “separate but equal.” In 30 years from now we will all look back at this and the opponents are going to be on the wrong side of history. It is high time white people like me own up to our own implicit biases and racism and face the fact that allowing the current system to continue is just plain wrong.

AA parent here, thank you for your thoughtful post--it's refreshing among a lot of pretty hostile and close-minded comments. Most people don't admit their own biases.

bias lol it's called getting the best education possible for your child. I'm sure asians are constantly worried about bias and asian privilege