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Was Thinking of Applying to Holton Arms But Then Saw This
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Anonymous
Why are you asking? How is that at all relevant? |
Anonymous
NP Because H-A is and always has been an all girls school. |
Anonymous
Funny that you read this that way. As a Holton alum I assumed this poster meant that her dad was at Landon and she was referring the Holton class that graduated the same year. If that's not what the poster meant then I'm at a loss. |
Anonymous
| Huh. I was there when the first black girl was admitted to Holton. It was a big f’ing deal, as it should have been. Exciting, formative times, moving forward. |
Anonymous
I think it was a typo and she meant to say DD. It's a pretty common typo on DCUM. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Wait til a transgender gets admitted. Get your popcorn ready. |
Anonymous
gotcha! that makes sense too. |
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OP, as posters have mentioned, those posts exist for every school and started in 2020. Holton isn’t perfect, but they did try to address the posts by upgrading their DEI program starting in the pandemic. Initial efforts included having grades 6 and up read ‘Stamped’ (A History of Racism), and have book discussions about racism (there was even one for parents), including more discussion about DEI in seminar, and adding different religious holidays into the calendar. They tried to integrate DEI into course work including authors of more different backgrounds (even physics had to do a project about disabilities). They now have a junior year ‘Black Women’s Voices’ history course that is quite good. Some of the efforts have admittedly been clunky (the physics example above felt forced vs organic). I do appreciate they took responsibility for the complaints and tried to improve things.
So as a parent I’d say they are trying, but don’t always get it right. In this area, GDS, Sidwell, Maret, Burke probably have a more natural/engrained DEI culture. |
Anonymous
| We went to several admissions events and were turned off by the way AA students were presented in the LS. There was one AA girl on an otherwise all white panel discussing experiences. The white girls dominated and answered every question, even the ones about inclusivity and DEI. An admin had to pass the mic to the AA girl so she could finally speak. It was quite clear that white girls were in charge and AA girls were there for “diversity” purposes. |
Anonymous
Does everything have to be about race? Can't we just focus on people? In France they don't even keep statistics on race as it goes against their ideal of liberty and equality for all. This obsession you Americans have is just creating more division. |
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Nope! Everything doe NOT have to be about race! Unfortunately, when you live in the US, a lot of people go out of their way to remind you that you're black. I'm a URM, graduate school grad, who lives inthe suburbs, not a FG college grad, yet daily, people clutch their purses/secure their belongings when I walk by or within a feet of their property and I and my family have had this done to us at churches, private pools, ball parks and spaces when there are few of us but where, otherwise people are secure and feel comfortable...that is until a BLACK person is nearby. It's an American thing but, generallyh, we are denied the benefit of the doubt of being honest, safe, creditworthy, non violent, intelligent... all the privileges given to White people in here in America. So we Do NOT make anything about race...it's OTHERS do it. so.l..When we let you know about our experiences, try not to blame US for telling you about the microagression and racism that is our reality. Talk to those who insist on making it about race. Most times, it's not us! So when we interact |
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ooops PP - hit send on accident before proofreading but you get the gist. I just came back from Europe and it was refreshing to not have to deal with the microagression I endure here. The US has a complicated relationship with RACE that CANNOT be compared to France and other nations that have to deal with migrants the purposefully travel there for a better life.
The founding fathers of America went and purchased a race of people from a whole other continent, used their fellow humans immorally as chattle and allowed their fre4e labor to build up the nation's wealth, then after freeing them, proceeded to deny these formerly enslave people equality, access to homestead loans, GI bills and other benefits given to WHITES only, essentially widening the wealth gap Subjected the kids of these stolen people to decades of racist policies then proceeded to teach its childr4en in schools that after the civil ritghts movement, all equality went away which as we know, is a BIG lie. It's why DCUM conservatives who only know the lie taught to them in schools hate DEI and Tik Tok so much bc these things reveal the truth and they don't want their kids to know--- they'd rather dismiss it as "Woke politices" than admit they don't want to let go of White Supremacy just yet. So... the relationship is complex. To put it mildly and therefore,Race will always be a factor |