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[quote=Anonymous]Guys, if we are arguing with the Alabama woman, we aren't going to win.  I had these same endless arguments with my LSU college roommate.  A splash of racism, a splash of economic and class insecurity and you have someone who is unable to see 1,000 black teenagers boarding a bus at 5:45 am every day to attend a decent school as they and tehir parents  taking responsibility for their education. You have someone so worried about her own children's success that she can't see that parents who look and speak differently than her are also worried about their children's success (albeit with less resources and know-how and .  You have someone who can't recognize who being the default, privileged race has benefited her and her family in subtle ways (sometimes just in terms of self- identify - fascinating study about how if back students are told that blacks don't do well on standardized tests before they take one, they do worse than black students who haven't been told that black students don't do well on tests right before they take it).  You have someone who won't be able to hear about a school in which ONE (ONE) teacher showed up and taught an academic subject on a day a reporter was following an honor student through the school and not STILL blame the students and parents.   [/quote]

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