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Rhetoric. Word salad. Meaningless blah blah blah.

Tell us exactly what we need to invest in so that everyone achieves equity.

BTW, I’m a liberal who has never and will never vote Republican. Nonetheless, I’m growing tired of the performative wokeness that prompts meaningless rhetoric in the form of knee jerk lectures. Even worse: throwing money down the drain on things that yield no measurable results.

I’d love to see MoCo have tough conversations about why migrants who arrive without knowing English can manage to thrive after a generation while some black residents cannot similarly achieve. [b]Both groups face racism, so that can’t be it. [/b]Determine what the problem is and fix it. [/quote]

Consider the possibility that not everyone experiences exactly the same racism in exactly the same ways, nor has exactly the same resources to overcome barriers.

As for the advisory committees, work groups, studies, etc. - that's not "performative wokeness," whatever that means. That's the way Montgomery County has done things for many decades. And when Montgomery County doesn't do things that way (or even when Montgomery County does), a vocal contingent of older affluent white homeowners shows up to complain vociferously about lack of community involvement.[/quote]

If the myriad committees, work groups, studies, etc. actually did something, then they wouldn't be performative.  But if you attend any of these things (and most are open to the public) all you hear is opinion after opinion, and repeated validation from the group, and NOTHING ever gets done.    Nothing is actionable.    Nothing.[/quote]

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