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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am extremely skeptical about the quality and motivation of Daily Caller investigative reporting, but I have to say, it does sound like a pretty severe problem and like they did actual (appropriate) reporting.  It's not "stalking".  But I'm not sure about the quality of the reporting.  For example, how they describe L-T as

"in a mostly white neighborhood along a commuter route that runs from Prince George’s County to federal buildings downtown.

The school is almost entirely black and government statistics indicate that few of the students live in the neighborhood. Poor test scores have left neighborhood parents feeling they can’t use their own school, and must pay for private education or enroll their children in a more distant public school."

I don't think that accurately represents the L-T demographics, the current reputation of L-T, or the legitimate OOB system.  It also seems to be trying to drive a pretty ugly racial/class wedge.  [/quote]

What's the commuter route from MD to L-T?  The neighborhood demographics of L-T is not predominantly white.  What am I missing in this awful reporting. There are so many lies or misinformation, such as in-state tuition to any state school, one has to wonder what the blogger got right. [/quote]

Ward 6 was of 2010, 49% white, 41% black (it was majority black in 2000). The trend continues as Home values near LT start at 500k.

If you ever came over to the Hill on a weekday morning, you would notice the large volume of MD plated cars speeding through on MD Ave., PA Ave., C & H Streets, coming from Route 50, NY Abe, Bladensberg, 295, etc.

These parts of the article are absolutely true.[/quote]

The article states that the area is all white, and the Black kids are all from Maryland. So where should the 41% of the Black kids attend school. And what's stopping the 49% of white kids from attending their inbound school. The author basically stated that white folks can't send their kids to school with all those black kids. The horror. [/quote]

You are perhaps unaware that there is a significant difference in demographics between all of ward 6 and the people who live IB for LT. [/quote]

You think LT's boundaries are 100% white?[/quote]

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