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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. As a Black middle class parent, I cringe when I read DCUM posts about race and schools. I have never had any conversations with my white friends about these matters but I imagine they happen, just not when I’m around. It then makes it awkward when I’m in a group and wonder what they are really thinking. Can anyone else relate?[/quote]

Yes! I USUALLY resist engaging. I am hyperaware that many of these posters are fellow parents who smile in our faces and talk trash about Black people on anonymous forums. [/quote]

Curious. Do you live in NW? If not, are you cool with the middle school status quo in the rest of the city? Do you think it’s racist to offer advanced classes in middle school? I genuinely care about your perspective. [/quote]

Please note the radio silence when you ask people like PPP whether they support advanced classes in MS. They introduce segregationist and racist tropes to demonize anyone who dares demand academic rigor, but then go silent when the question direct and specific questions about advanced MS classes are asked.

You should pay people like this no mind. They don't have a solution; they like to sit around and complain. They talk about changing demographics without acknowledging that DC schools are hell of better now than they were 30 years ago. Facts are inconvenient. Solutions are not the ultimate aim. The point of their exercise is to be victims in their own minds.  [/quote]

White fragility much? Maybe try again once you have learned the basics about structural racism?[/quote]

Structural racism is part of the reason there are few classes for advanced learners EOTR.

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Also WOTR.  There are few classes for advanced learners anywhere in the city in public schools.  That's the point.[/quote]

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