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It must be great to be white.  In the US, so many non-white people have to experience being  the "only".  The irony about being the "only" non-white at a predominantly white institution, is that some white people ask, "why are all the non-whites sitting together?"  As far as Banneker goes, if white students don't apply and get accepted, Banneker will continue to be a non diverse school.  Another irony, some white people on DCUM tend to decry the lack of diversity at Banneker, but will have no problem living in a predominantly white area of the city, enrolling their DC in predominantly white private schools, etc.  Lastly, you have the white parents talking about the relatively low SAT scores of Banneker students.  According to The Washington Post, Banneker has higher SAT scores than Wilson.  Nevertheless, SAT scores aren't everything.  According to The Washington Posts Most Challenging High Schools (DMV) list, SWW is ranked number two, however, there are a number of MD and VA schools that post higher SAT averages.  For example, both National Cathedral and Langley have higher SAT averages than SWW.

Banneker: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2015/list/local/banneker-washington-dc/

Wilson: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2015/list/local/woodrow-wilson-washington-dc/

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It's great to be white some of the time, not so great other times.  Depends on the context.  Don't other people feel the same way?

But, if the topic is why white students don't go to a magnet school that currently has no white students, the explanations have been provided.  For that to change, white families would have to feel they are getting something out of Banneker they aren't getting out of Wilson, a suburban school, or an private.  And, right now, they aren't, and there's not exactly a big welcome mat, either.  Banneker essentially has become a DCPS high school version of an HBCU. [/quote]

Exactly.[/quote]

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