There are images of 21 people in today's DCPS Welcome Back email...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jee. Zus. Christ.

The fact that OP and others are willing to put up even a small fight about this shows such fragility, such lack of empathy, and such intolerance for societal change or flexibility. ONE publication that represents all non-white kids and you feel the need to raise this as an "issue" that offends you and speculate as to what it means for your white, and as such, tremendously advantaged kid? I guess you're motivated by a sense of commitment to your child, which is fine because we all are and should be, but in reality this point/attitude is far more detrimental to society as a whole than it is to your kid (which is to say: it isn't, at all.).

This is not the hill to die on. Get some perspective.

I say this as a white parent with a white child who attended a DCPS where s/he was the ONLY white kid in the class for four years. We talked about it. A lot. We hoped this would give our child a more nuanced, color blind view of the way the world should work. In some ways it did. But you know that? The world doesn't yet work like that, and that's a shame. Our child knows that the kids from that school were on the whole poorer, and had more disadvantages brought on my systemic and generational poverty. Can s/he articulate that? Not entirely. But s/he knows that's the world we live in, and has some growing perspective that we shouldn't have to live in that world. So how do we change it? A very small step is by WELCOMING emails like this that flip the script that has gotten us into such a problem; if you're challenging that, you're part of the problem.

Not "seeing themself" in ONE email, or 10 (that let's get real, they don't even see) isn't going to do one bit of lasting damage to your child. Of course make sure your child feels part of their school community, but don't disproportionally link this to that.

Yuck.

They have been "flipping the switch" for the entire decade my kids have been in DCPS - it's fair to say that switch has been flipped by DCPS. I have learned to tune it out along with relentless reading lists and classroom assignments that are not age appropriate and not targeted with my kids in mind, nor the majority students in their school. I did, however, recently notice that the DCPS college acceptance page is more of the same - https://dcps.dc.gov/page/dcps-goes-college-class-2019

OK, this thread was ridiculous, but that page is obnoxiously obvious.

If you look closer, it basically amounts to 2 profiled students/high school, profiling one white student makes a lot sense in that regard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jee. Zus. Christ.

The fact that OP and others are willing to put up even a small fight about this shows such fragility, such lack of empathy, and such intolerance for societal change or flexibility. ONE publication that represents all non-white kids and you feel the need to raise this as an "issue" that offends you and speculate as to what it means for your white, and as such, tremendously advantaged kid? I guess you're motivated by a sense of commitment to your child, which is fine because we all are and should be, but in reality this point/attitude is far more detrimental to society as a whole than it is to your kid (which is to say: it isn't, at all.).

This is not the hill to die on. Get some perspective.

I say this as a white parent with a white child who attended a DCPS where s/he was the ONLY white kid in the class for four years. We talked about it. A lot. We hoped this would give our child a more nuanced, color blind view of the way the world should work. In some ways it did. But you know that? The world doesn't yet work like that, and that's a shame. Our child knows that the kids from that school were on the whole poorer, and had more disadvantages brought on my systemic and generational poverty. Can s/he articulate that? Not entirely. But s/he knows that's the world we live in, and has some growing perspective that we shouldn't have to live in that world. So how do we change it? A very small step is by WELCOMING emails like this that flip the script that has gotten us into such a problem; if you're challenging that, you're part of the problem.

Not "seeing themself" in ONE email, or 10 (that let's get real, they don't even see) isn't going to do one bit of lasting damage to your child. Of course make sure your child feels part of their school community, but don't disproportionally link this to that.

Yuck.

They have been "flipping the switch" for the entire decade my kids have been in DCPS - it's fair to say that switch has been flipped by DCPS. I have learned to tune it out along with relentless reading lists and classroom assignments that are not age appropriate and not targeted with my kids in mind, nor the majority students in their school. I did, however, recently notice that the DCPS college acceptance page is more of the same - https://dcps.dc.gov/page/dcps-goes-college-class-2019

OK, this thread was ridiculous, but that page is obnoxiously obvious.

If you look closer, it basically amounts to 2 profiled students/high school, profiling one white student makes a lot sense in that regard.

After the next census, DC will be a majority white city and this is causing a host of irrational actions by the DC political class. It manifests itself in a series of passive aggressive slights against white folks, like the one being discussed here. It’s like the last days of Rome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jee. Zus. Christ.

The fact that OP and others are willing to put up even a small fight about this shows such fragility, such lack of empathy, and such intolerance for societal change or flexibility. ONE publication that represents all non-white kids and you feel the need to raise this as an "issue" that offends you and speculate as to what it means for your white, and as such, tremendously advantaged kid? I guess you're motivated by a sense of commitment to your child, which is fine because we all are and should be, but in reality this point/attitude is far more detrimental to society as a whole than it is to your kid (which is to say: it isn't, at all.).

This is not the hill to die on. Get some perspective.

I say this as a white parent with a white child who attended a DCPS where s/he was the ONLY white kid in the class for four years. We talked about it. A lot. We hoped this would give our child a more nuanced, color blind view of the way the world should work. In some ways it did. But you know that? The world doesn't yet work like that, and that's a shame. Our child knows that the kids from that school were on the whole poorer, and had more disadvantages brought on my systemic and generational poverty. Can s/he articulate that? Not entirely. But s/he knows that's the world we live in, and has some growing perspective that we shouldn't have to live in that world. So how do we change it? A very small step is by WELCOMING emails like this that flip the script that has gotten us into such a problem; if you're challenging that, you're part of the problem.

Not "seeing themself" in ONE email, or 10 (that let's get real, they don't even see) isn't going to do one bit of lasting damage to your child. Of course make sure your child feels part of their school community, but don't disproportionally link this to that.

Yuck.

You deliberately taught your white kid that brown kids are poor and disadvantaged. Is that good for her? Is that good for them?

damaging to all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jee. Zus. Christ.

The fact that OP and others are willing to put up even a small fight about this shows such fragility, such lack of empathy, and such intolerance for societal change or flexibility. ONE publication that represents all non-white kids and you feel the need to raise this as an "issue" that offends you and speculate as to what it means for your white, and as such, tremendously advantaged kid? I guess you're motivated by a sense of commitment to your child, which is fine because we all are and should be, but in reality this point/attitude is far more detrimental to society as a whole than it is to your kid (which is to say: it isn't, at all.).

This is not the hill to die on. Get some perspective.

I say this as a white parent with a white child who attended a DCPS where s/he was the ONLY white kid in the class for four years. We talked about it. A lot. We hoped this would give our child a more nuanced, color blind view of the way the world should work. In some ways it did. But you know that? The world doesn't yet work like that, and that's a shame. Our child knows that the kids from that school were on the whole poorer, and had more disadvantages brought on my systemic and generational poverty. Can s/he articulate that? Not entirely. But s/he knows that's the world we live in, and has some growing perspective that we shouldn't have to live in that world. So how do we change it? A very small step is by WELCOMING emails like this that flip the script that has gotten us into such a problem; if you're challenging that, you're part of the problem.

Not "seeing themself" in ONE email, or 10 (that let's get real, they don't even see) isn't going to do one bit of lasting damage to your child. Of course make sure your child feels part of their school community, but don't disproportionally link this to that.

Yuck.

You deliberately taught your white kid that brown kids are poor and disadvantaged. Is that good for her? Is that good for them?

damaging to all

it's factual especially in DC. I agree it's not good for society

When you look at the honors AP classes in DC and surrounding areas and they are almost exclusively white/Asian and the regular classes are brown/black

The #1 issue in this area in my opinion is no poor white people until you go into the exurbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jee. Zus. Christ.

The fact that OP and others are willing to put up even a small fight about this shows such fragility, such lack of empathy, and such intolerance for societal change or flexibility. ONE publication that represents all non-white kids and you feel the need to raise this as an "issue" that offends you and speculate as to what it means for your white, and as such, tremendously advantaged kid? I guess you're motivated by a sense of commitment to your child, which is fine because we all are and should be, but in reality this point/attitude is far more detrimental to society as a whole than it is to your kid (which is to say: it isn't, at all.).

This is not the hill to die on. Get some perspective.

I say this as a white parent with a white child who attended a DCPS where s/he was the ONLY white kid in the class for four years. We talked about it. A lot. We hoped this would give our child a more nuanced, color blind view of the way the world should work. In some ways it did. But you know that? The world doesn't yet work like that, and that's a shame. Our child knows that the kids from that school were on the whole poorer, and had more disadvantages brought on my systemic and generational poverty. Can s/he articulate that? Not entirely. But s/he knows that's the world we live in, and has some growing perspective that we shouldn't have to live in that world. So how do we change it? A very small step is by WELCOMING emails like this that flip the script that has gotten us into such a problem; if you're challenging that, you're part of the problem.

Not "seeing themself" in ONE email, or 10 (that let's get real, they don't even see) isn't going to do one bit of lasting damage to your child. Of course make sure your child feels part of their school community, but don't disproportionally link this to that.

Yuck.

They have been "flipping the switch" for the entire decade my kids have been in DCPS - it's fair to say that switch has been flipped by DCPS. I have learned to tune it out along with relentless reading lists and classroom assignments that are not age appropriate and not targeted with my kids in mind, nor the majority students in their school. I did, however, recently notice that the DCPS college acceptance page is more of the same - https://dcps.dc.gov/page/dcps-goes-college-class-2019

OK, this thread was ridiculous, but that page is obnoxiously obvious.

You are going to need to walk me through this. What exactly is wrong with that college acceptance page? Seems like a great group of kids (I know a couple of them, so maybe that colors my reaction). Are you saying you think they should have had more white kids? Seemed pretty diverse to me . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jee. Zus. Christ.

The fact that OP and others are willing to put up even a small fight about this shows such fragility, such lack of empathy, and such intolerance for societal change or flexibility. ONE publication that represents all non-white kids and you feel the need to raise this as an "issue" that offends you and speculate as to what it means for your white, and as such, tremendously advantaged kid? I guess you're motivated by a sense of commitment to your child, which is fine because we all are and should be, but in reality this point/attitude is far more detrimental to society as a whole than it is to your kid (which is to say: it isn't, at all.).

This is not the hill to die on. Get some perspective.

I say this as a white parent with a white child who attended a DCPS where s/he was the ONLY white kid in the class for four years. We talked about it. A lot. We hoped this would give our child a more nuanced, color blind view of the way the world should work. In some ways it did. But you know that? The world doesn't yet work like that, and that's a shame. Our child knows that the kids from that school were on the whole poorer, and had more disadvantages brought on my systemic and generational poverty. Can s/he articulate that? Not entirely. But s/he knows that's the world we live in, and has some growing perspective that we shouldn't have to live in that world. So how do we change it? A very small step is by WELCOMING emails like this that flip the script that has gotten us into such a problem; if you're challenging that, you're part of the problem.

Not "seeing themself" in ONE email, or 10 (that let's get real, they don't even see) isn't going to do one bit of lasting damage to your child. Of course make sure your child feels part of their school community, but don't disproportionally link this to that.

Yuck.

They have been "flipping the switch" for the entire decade my kids have been in DCPS - it's fair to say that switch has been flipped by DCPS. I have learned to tune it out along with relentless reading lists and classroom assignments that are not age appropriate and not targeted with my kids in mind, nor the majority students in their school. I did, however, recently notice that the DCPS college acceptance page is more of the same - https://dcps.dc.gov/page/dcps-goes-college-class-2019

OK, this thread was ridiculous, but that page is obnoxiously obvious.

You are going to need to walk me through this. What exactly is wrong with that college acceptance page? Seems like a great group of kids (I know a couple of them, so maybe that colors my reaction). Are you saying you think they should have had more white kids? Seemed pretty diverse to me . . .

+1 I’m pretty sure it represents the seniors in DCPS too