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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article helps explain, to me, why Shaw MS vs Banneker became such a flashpoint and continues to be hotly debated. Pls read it all before commenting or just keep moving along.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/black-branding--how-a-dc-neighborhood-was-marketed-to-white-millenials/2017/05/02/68b0ae06-2f47-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?utm_term=.cbf6eff08f01[/quote]

I read the article all the way through.  Make your point though.  I don't see the connection.[/quote]

So blacks resent the rebranding of their neighborhoods to appeal to edgy white millennials. MMk .....and? I agree Shaw epitomizes a lot of the tensions between longtime residents and black culture and gentrifiers but I'm still not seeing how this means Shaw MS should not exist there, given that its feeder schools are quite diverse as mentioned. Also, you presume this is not something that we (residents of such neighborhoods) talk about, think about, and even yes, do something about, on a local and regular basis.[/quote]

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