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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hilarious. Self-segregation is the ultimate goal of just about every parent in DC area. People pay insane amounts for housing and spend hours each day commuting to their jobs so that their kids can go to segregated schools.  And when they succeed, someone writes an article denouncing it?  Where does the author live? In Anacostia? Or does he simply avoid the issue by sending his kids to St.Albans? [/quote]

At least you are acknowledging it happens. I am getting the impressions some in this thread think it just worked out that way. Just as much as minorities have continued to live in pg and Balt, non-minorities have fled those areas. This is no accident people. Also economics and the cost of housing plays a huge role. [/quote]

I am the one who first suggested that the schools only reflect the local population.  I didn't make the comment you quoted, but I'm also not naive to think that things just "worked out that way."  My point is that the article focuses on the schools, as if it is anything that the school districts have done or engineered.  The article should instead focus on why neighborhoods and counties are so segregated in what is supposed to be one of the most liberal, democratic states in the country and one that has within it one of the wealthiest counties in the country not to far from one of the highest crime cities in the country.  In a small state like Maryland, the disparities are pretty visible, and it would make for a good investigation.  But the place to start isn't with the schools.  [/quote]

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