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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't know that there were different categories of AAs when considering who will attend the school.

So if middle-upper class blacks attend Hebrew then it really isn't like black kids are attending it because they are more like white kids.  You have to have "less educated" black parents choosing the school to really mean that blacks are choosing the school.

Got it. [/quote]
Sorry it was supposed to read like this, I missed a break:

And guess what, there are more or less educated Whites and more or less educated Hispanics, too. Are we going to pretend that class divisions don't exist? Because that's all the PP is observing. Middle and upper-middle class AA families DO want the same things middle and upper-middle class white families want. Why? Has nothing to do with race, it has to do with the fact that we're talking about class. [b]Let's not conflate the two and then play dumb[/b].[/quote]

I don't think that anyone is playing dumb.  Charters are started for different reasons.  Did I hear outcry when MV was starting because they weren't serving poor black kids instead of middle-class black kids?  Of course class divisions exist.  That is why there are specifc charters which focus on low income black children.  It doesn't mean that all charters have to focus on them though. [/quote]

Not the PP but what on earth are you talking about?  The only thing that was noted by previous posters was that middle class blacks--by virtue of education and exposure-- would be more open to a Hebrew school than low income/ less educated blacks.  This is probably true across races, DC just happens to be predominately AA.  If you can't attract at least some AA to a Hebrew charter then the school is going to have a problem.  FWIW I think they will attract some because they like the program, others because it may be the best/only option on the table.  But that's true for every charter in DC.[/quote]

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