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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Segregation has to do more with class than race now. My husband and I are Latinos and our two kids look stereotypically Latino (brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin). We are middle class and both have graduate degrees. I don't think any white families have a problem with us being at our predominantly white school. I don't send my kids to a predominately Latino school because we haven't found one that doesn't have a majority of kids who live in poverty. My kids pick up vocabulary and concepts being around other kids with educated parents. [/quote]

THIS.  I do not send my child to our zoned school because the majority of kids who attend are poor and the administration values test scores over learning.  So yes, we chose a school that offers a better curriculum and a more diverse student body (some wealthy, most middle class, some poor).  If I had it my way, every child would have that opportunity.  But the systemic changes needed are far too large for any one person or any one community to fix on their own.[/quote]

Ok, then let's reimagine the moral case against segregation, this time about class rather than race.

Would people still agree with Dr. King if he had said "I have a dream that my four little children will not be judged by the content of their bank accounts but by the content of their character"?

Are we saying that content of bank account = content of character?

That would be ironic. New Hispanic immigrants are much harder workers than the native born population, more respectful of adults, and more focused on family.[/quote]

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