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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I might be horrible, but I'm a person of color who grew up poor, FARMs all the way. Without white and middle-class peers in school, I wouldn't have thought to go to college, or if I had gone, I probably wouldn't have graduated, no matter how strong the academics were. Without a diverse HS in my background, college and law school wouldn't have been on my horizon.

I earn 150K and live in a house in which I have at least 700K of equity. I want those boys to have what I have. Sadly, a racially and economically segregated environment in school probably won't put them on a path to prosperity, or integration into the larger society. Wish things were different. So please spare me your holier than thou bleeding heart diatribe. No, I don't like the set-up at the Ron Brown School for Boys.  [/quote]

No one is stopping boys of any income or race from enrolling -- admission is by lottery. Having all schools be integrated would be best for everyone. But this is DC -- parents of means don't choose schools with more than a small percentage poor kids. Since dcps can't force integrated schools, I'm glad they are providing a high quality, targeted school for kids who need it.[/quote]

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