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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think this is probably correct. Within white supremacist culture, it's really not enough to just throw up your hands and say "Black families aren't ranking BASIS and Latin. I guess that's their loss."

It begs the question of WHY Black families aren't ranking Basis and Latin. Are the instructions not reaching those communities? Do the schools have a reputation for being unwelcoming for Black children? Are there other systemic barriers, such as the location of the schools away from public transportation?

If white parents care about meaningful integration, they really ought to be asking these questions.[/quote]

Both Latin and Basis are located near public transit.  Their respective percentages of white students have increased not because they get fewer black applicants but because they are getting an increasing number of white applicants.  There are highly-educated white families who would not have tried for Latin or Basis when those schools were new and untested, but now that they have a track record of academic success, more white families apply.  Both schools are much more similar to the overall population of the District of Columbia than DCPS overall, which is majority poor and black.  Both schools are more racially and socio-economically diverse than most if not all of their counterparts.  The question shouldn't be why don't those schools look more like DCPS.  The question should be why doesn't DCPS overall look more like those schools.[/quote]

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