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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that a lot of people are OK with different cultures/races/etc. as long as such are "like them" in the sense that they value education, have advanced degrees, etc. So they would be with their kids going to a 50% Hispanic school if say, those Hispanics were the children of doctors and lawyers, but certainly would never send their kids to a school comprised of working class, ESOL students.

I know many who claim to be on board with diversity, think Trump is a racist, yet would absolutely never even entertain the idea of living somewhere like South Arlington or PG or Silver Spring.

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This is a good point.[/quote]

If you're trying to suggest that the people calling Trump racist are hypocrites from the comfort of primarily white neighborhoods, then I think you are way off on that one...  [/quote]
I think that poster is pretty spot on.

What exactly is it, then, if the obsessions over FARM rates and ESOL rates and having your kids with a good "peer group" isn't blatant racism/classism? I mean really, saying"I send my kid to XYZ school for the better peer group" or "we moved from [city neighborhood] to [affluent enclave] because it's nicer and the schools are better", sentiments frequently shared on DCUM, is no different than saying "I send my kid to XYZ school because there's fewer brown/poor children that might be a bad influence on mine." It's just more PC.

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Um, suuuure.  Meanwhile I'll note that there are far more white conservatives living in the lily-white suburban enclaves, while being scarce to be found in the primarily minority neighborhoods and schools.  It's mostly young white progressives moving into those more diverse neighborhoods.

You should check and count how much glass is around your own home before presuming to cast that stone at someone else's.[/quote]

Actually, the reason I make these comments is because I live in Silver Spring, but know a lot of people who live in areas like Bethesda or North Arlington or Chevy Chase and hear comments all the time from people in this areas, IRL but also on here if I venture into real estate or public schools forums, about how crappy Silver Spring is, how I'm putting my kids in danger because I *gasp* send them to SS public schools/how they'll never get into a "good" college, and how I'm basically stupid for living here when I *could* afford to live somewhere "nicer". But really the only difference between my area and schools and their area and schools is that there's more brown people and/or poor people (which, unfortunately, are strongly correlated in this country) and that's why it's really frustrating, especially from people who purport to be anti-racism and anti-Trump (both of which I am, obviously).
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Well your two choices are the white conservatives who won't live where you live because it's not white enough and the progressive Trump haters like me who happily *gasp* live right in DC, and not up in Ward 3 or the predominantly white DC neighborhoods but *double gasp* a 70% black neighborhood and who *triple gasp* actually sends their kid to a public school (granted, a charter but public nonetheless) rather than private school.

So if you want to be frustrated and throw stones, fine but you need to be looking in the opposite direction.[/quote]

Wait, what? White conservatives? These are people living in N. Arlington, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Ward 3, etc. All highly liberal areas, overwhelmingly liberal in some cases.[/quote]

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