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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am listening to this episode again. I don't think that school integration is the first step of integration in DC. I think that the trend of upper middle class white families buying homes in historically black neighborhoods is a good start, provided that those families a) stay in the neighborhood and b)[b] send their children to the local schools.[/b][/quote]

That hasn't happened in the past 15 years and seems very unlikely for the next 15.[/quote]

That doesn't mean that it would not help to resolve the problem. The problem is just a lot bigger than schools in DC. You're never going to get integration city-wide because the city is not integrated. You might find a handful of white parents who are willing to commit to neighborhood schools in neighborhoods that are diverse (where diverse = a mixture of ethnicities and income levels). You will almost certainly find zero white parents who are willing to move to or send their children to school in Wards 7 and 8. Those parts of the city are even less diverse than Ward 3 (I know, I know, y'all have plenty of students of color - they're just wealthy).[/quote]

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