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[quote=Anonymous]There’s hypocrisy/contradictions on these threads everywhere.

CH parents making fun of SF parents’ dramatics and weak arguments and calling them racists. Then CH engages in the exact same behavior.

Everyone else judging those two communities for advocating for staying at neighborhood schools with lower FARMs rates because the only motivation for that is racism. But at the same time everyone saying Nauck should get a neighborhood school because neighborhood schools are important for a sense of community and ease of commute and allow for participation in extracurriculars. Oh and also the Nauck school should be lower in FARMs because that’s important. Not saying that Nauck doesn’t totally deserve a good neighborhood school with decent FARMs rates — but it’s a little contradictory to dismiss others’ concerns as simply racism when you’re saying out of the other side of your mouth that there’s some benefit to proximity to your home/neighbors and balanced FARMs rates.

Concentrating ED students in certain schools is racist and may limit opportunities. But acknowledging research on the effects of segregated schools is racist because it implies ED (and disproportionately minority) kids aren’t as motivated or capable.

CH is racist for being nervous about sending their kids to a new/historically underresourced and underperforming school because they’re all good schools and it’s fine! But it’s legitimate for minorities in the underperforming school zones to have such concerns about their kids’ education and demand equity.

Everyone who lives in NA is racist for living in good school zones. But SA UMC aren’t racist for all living near/overcrowding PH and Oakridge (or opting into a choice school) or for wishing they lived in a good school zone.

TLDR: my actions trying to have a good school for my kids are legit but everyone else is racist.

Almost everyone is just trying to give their kid the best education they can afford.  People in richer neighborhoods’ actions are perpetuating racism because racist policies have shaped the housing and school situations. But it’s totally understandable behavior. So much catty hypocritical ugliness here. Can’t we all be a little nicer to each other?[/quote]

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