Apparently its racist to hire tutors and form pods, we must all suffer equally?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s inherently privileged. It is not inherently racist.

There was advice in the NYT article to invite economically disadvantaged students to join your pods. I doubt anyone on DCUM will.

This. People have also suggested that, while you do what is best for your family, put a little time/energy in ensuring equity for others. For instance, encourage your schools to get technology out to everyone who needs it. The point is, for those of us with privilege, not to forget that others do not have privilege and still need our support/help in getting what they need. Whether that is inviting someone into your pod, donating to a cause helping others, or using your voice.

Some white mommy needs to encourage the school to distribute technology to underserved kids?

Please tell me more...

I’m not pp but yes, moms and dads of any race who have the time and bandwidth to help press for measures that help kids in danger of being left behind should do so.

Oh FFS you missed my point. The school systems are WAY ahead of you. But by all means post about this on Facebook or something like it’s some offset for your transgressions.

Yes, schools should definitely be trusted to provide equitable solutions for all students. No room for improvement there.

Yes, they should. It’s hilarious that you think your virtue signaling will improve anything, though. You aren’t that consequential.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like someone got called out and they feel a certain kind of way about it. 🤣

This.

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Equity is not the most important goal of a society. Probably not even in the top 10 list

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Anonymous wrote:Now people are saying it's racist and privileged to hire a tutor or form pods. What's even more ridiculous is suggesting to make it illegal or force parents to include others for free to promote diversity of race and income. Lol good luck.

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I’m sick and tired of people using racist in this way. It diminishes the term and it makes it seem that all black ppl or minorities can’t afford pods. That’s wrong to assume since some of us actually can afford to do the same. Some of us are also forming pods! Honestly this whole thing is just so taxing- real racism is being dragged by the KKK in the middle of the night.

Black and brown kids are experiencing racism in the content and quality of their educations in the public schools every day. Why do you think there are so many middle class AA kids being homeschooled? It’s rarely religious. Parents are protecting their kids from being underserved and overpoliced in public schools. And they don’t want them to be a token in private.

Are you suggesting that most middle class AA families have been homeschooling their kids even before covid? Because that is laughable. Maybe some but not "so many."

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So, it's OK for kids and parents/ teachers to get together in these "pods" -- or even, as I've heard is happening in California -- form defacto schools of 20 + children -- but it's not OK for them to be in "real school?"

Got it.

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If the schools offered a decent education via DL, privileged families would not be doing this. This is not on the privileged families; it is on the schools for failing to educate anyone well this past spring. Some families with money are going private when otherwise they would stick with public, and I don’t blame them either. We aren’t doing any of this—but I can’t blame anyone who does.

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I'm sure it's the same people trying desperately to put these pods together who pretend that they want schools to open because they are "so concerned" about "the underprivileged".

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The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

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Anonymous wrote:UMC pod-former here, at a Title 1 school.

I was, I admit, a little defensive about this meme — I am feeling guilty that we have the resources to pod with our friends and hire assistance, but most of my child’s classmates likely won’t. Especially because only half her class was logged into DL in the spring.

BUT, I think there are a few things that this meme simplifies.

1) not all pod-families are pulling kids out of their school — they are staying on at distance learners — this is key because it keeps the money in the school;

2) using family resources to monitor in-person learning reduces the in-person load at schools, leaving more in-person resources for families who can’t supplement DL;

3) this is TEMPORARY, unlike white flight to private schools and the suburbs (and red-lining) this is, at least in our minds, a year long solution; and

4) equity and society will not improve if UMC parents (moms, lets get real) at worst lose their jobs, or at best burn out completely, because they have to juggle DL and WFH.

Anyone who is panicking that their Great Schools rating will drop can go jump in lake, however.

honestly, if you don’t also devote some resources to making sure you don’t include the poor kids in your “pod”, you do have a big problem.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

It’s true but also true by reading a lot to my young kids and serving them healthy food I am widening the gap. I’m not being snarky it’s a terrible problem but I don’t think it is one where we will make much headway at the parent level.

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Anonymous wrote:Equity is not the most important goal of a society. Probably not even in the top 10 list

really? who gets to decide that?

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

It’s true but also true by reading a lot to my young kids and serving them healthy food I am widening the gap. I’m not being snarky it’s a terrible problem but I don’t think it is one where we will make much headway at the parent level.

of course you can make headway on the parent level. all you have to do is devote some time and resources to organize to make sure that the less privileged kids in your school or city get access to resources.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

It’s true but also true by reading a lot to my young kids and serving them healthy food I am widening the gap. I’m not being snarky it’s a terrible problem but I don’t think it is one where we will make much headway at the parent level.

of course you can make headway on the parent level. all you have to do is devote some time and resources to organize to make sure that the less privileged kids in your school or city get access to resources.

There are also well-respected nonprofits across the region that have been working for years to provide academic support and enrichment to kids from underresourced families. They are working now on providing and supporting DL. You can support their work.

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Pods are just the next iteration of what privileged parents have always done - seek out the best for their own children while ignoring how their actions contribute to other kids falling behind. I do it too. We all do. It’s human nature. At least recognize how you are complicit in the whole scheme of things.

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It is inherently privileged if these are same families actively pushing to keep schools closed which many are. Fake liberals all