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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think GDS is learning that talk is cheap.  You can talk all you want about diversity and inclusion -- both the worthiest of goals -- but making it happen requires more than talk.  It is hard work. [/quote]p
GDS HS parent here.  I believe this statement is correct, and that GDS admin was stunned that there could be racism when there is so much focus on diversity.  I've been a GDS parent for many years, and I always felt that their approach to diversity was focused on AA and LGBTQ at the expense of understanding it in broader terms of basic humanity, empathy for anyone facing challenges.  My kid tells me it's important to focus on structural injustice because it is the worst.  But I believe injustice starts at a more basic level with unkindness, and grows from there.  
There is far less bitchiness and bullying at the HS than there are at most schools (or at least at my high school) and that may be why the admin was caught off guard by how racism could be a problem.  But I also think the reaction of the school (to the discovery that some students experienced bias and worse at school) was immediate and soul-searching and my high-schooler learned a hell of a lot about society during that week of school-wide focus on the problem  (though the academic setback that week took a toll.)[/quote]

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