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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jefferson appears to be stuck at around 2% white. Has been for 4 or 5 years now.  Not much more to say.
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This is what's called a "racist" and "supremacist" post because it implies something about Black students that makes a school "stuck" if (only?) "2%" Whites attend it. The non-racist version of this might be to point out how all students are doing at Jefferson Academy, maybe pointing out that Jefferson Academy has both Black and White, and some Latino, high achieving students. The anti-racist may add that the reason why from among the students who lag behind most are Black is because they predominantly come from elementary schools that sit in subpar neighborhoods, plagued by poor housing conditions, poor healthcare, community trauma through gun violence, high teacher turn-over, spotty and infrequent public transportation, environmental challenges etc. The anti-racist might also stress that the metrics by which we determine who is highly or not highly proficient are themselves racist, favoring inherently higher ratings for White students.

More directly on the topic: Once you understand all of this - statistically - you will also understand that the above statement is, in addition, irrelevant.[/quote]

it’s racist to deny the truth, which is that most DC schools are failing black students. It’s racist to try to make this all about white parents engaging in perfect anti-racist speech and anti-racist appearing actions, while ignoring institutional failures - especially when they are so severe (school closures!) [/quote]

This "anti-racist" points out that the the poor kids at Jefferson Academy don't benefit from the reality that more than 90% of Brent's six dozen 4th graders do not progress to the designated by-right middle school. If you want this narrative to change, it might help to recognize that your insistent name-calling, finger pointing and demonizing of UMC parents in search of greener pastures than Jefferson is counterproductive.  We get it, poor AA families in this city continue to get the short end of the stick on many levels.  Nobody's "ignoring institutional failures," not here on Capitol Hill.  We'll leave that to suburban parents in lily white neighborhoods. We further understand that our children are unlikely to learn well in a tough middle school where most students lack basic skills yet academic tracking is hardly done.   The truth that "none of should deny" is that our politicians don't give a hoot that Jefferson Academy's in-boundary population largely shuns the school, with no end in sight, because they don't need to in order to stay in office. [/quote]

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