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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hope no one reads  this thread in order to oearn anything about Banneker or Walls.

The lack of any real knowledge of either school is apparent to anyone who has spent time at either school.

Sidebar abd Fun Fact: Benjamin Banneker's Maternal grandmother is white. His grandfather, an enslaved african named Banna Ka, worked for his freedom and later married Molly who changed her last name to Bannaker. They had a Daughter and she married a free african named Richard, who also changed his name to Banneker. They all lived on the property owned in Maryland by their parents, and had Benjamin, who was taught to read by his mother and grandmother. Benjamin Banneker did most if his research on that land and inherited the land in his adulthood. He died on the property years later.

Try discussing the school for its merits, not for its racial demographics. These labels are highly limiting when talking about the many ethnicities and backgrounds people of color in the student body are made of.

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I really hope attempts to whitewash Banneker's grim SAT scores gain no traction here.  Try seeing and discussing DCPS academics for low SES kids as what they obviously are: substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory.[/quote]

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