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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still think OP is trolling.  But I would agree GDS diversity numbers are less impressive than I'd have expected.  http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=georgetown+day&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=Y9101619

799 of 1075 students (almost 75%) are white?  Only 86 in the whole school (8%) are black?[/quote]
To put things in context, that's less racially diverse than NCS.  http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=national+cathedral&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=A9300244
12% AA, and 68% white.[/quote]
What should matter most is socio-economic diversity.  I fail to see how the African-American daughter of some Big Law managing partner brings more valued "diversity" than the Caucasian daughter of a Pooleville handyman.  [/quote]
I'm not sure I agree with "most," but I do agree socio-economic diversity is important as well.  Nevertheless, regardless of socio-economic diversity, it seems school should strive for racial diversity as well, don't you think?[/quote]

I think that socio-economic diversity pulls in a lot of racial diversity.  But I don't see how one can claim that the well-advantaged children of very successful minority parents should be viewed as bringing in much "diversity."  Nor (as President Obama has said about kids like his), should such students get an advantage where diversity is weighted in school admissions or hiring.  Of course, the reality is that schools crave such superficial or "facial" diversity because it doesn't involve the resources commitment and potential academic risk that may come with admitting students from more challenged social and economic backgrounds.  In other words, it's an easy, safe choice for admissions staff.[/quote]

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