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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What?? I am a white nw girl born and bred but I find these Comments offensive. [b]There is no way white parents in nw would find ballou's current building accepted. Kids who live in se deserve nice schools, too.[/b] Btwn, statistically, fewer African Americans swim. Historically blacks were excluded from country clubs and public schools so there is less of a tradition of swim ing. Plus many black girls and women do not want to swim because they have to get their hair wet. I say black because this is true also in countries like Jamaica, Trinidad, etc.[/quote] There's also no way white/middle class parents would find Ballou's attendance and proficiency rates acceptable either. I don't think it's racism. I think the problems in Ballou will not be fixed by a state of the art building and that the money could've been used in ways that benefitted students in a very meaningful way.[/quote]
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