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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just going to respond to this part:

[quote=anonymous] Since this is important, I’ll belabor the point: [i]in DC, “white” is a clean proxy for high income. This does not mean all high income people are white. But what it does mean is that if you’re high income, whether white or AA, the best predictor of your child’s scores is given by the “white” average since this average represents only high income students. [/i] [/quote]

[b]This is not true.  In DC "white" is a clean proxy for being the beneficiary of systematic racism.  There are so many studies that say that AA kids from highly educated, affluent homes where parents own books, and read to them, and value their education, are not protected from racism.  They are subjected to disproportionate discipline, and low expectations, which leads to achievement gaps that continue to exist even when income, parental education, time spent reading, and other factors are taken into account.

Similarly, there are plenty of white kids growing up in DC whose parents don't take them to the library, or have homes full of books, or give a shit about their education.  But because of their skin color, teachers and others treat them as if they were growing up in households that do these things, and hold them to the same high expectations. 
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this is spot on![/quote]

OP -- your use of the adjective "white" to convey a virtue suggests to bias in your assessment.  With the deep racial default lines in DC, your choice of words is truly unfortunate.  I don't agree that everyone who meets your so-called virtuous category is the beneficiary of systematic racism, because doing so would suggest that academic achievement is a zero sum game, which it clearly is not.  There's room for everyone to succeed but great challenges for many, not the least of which related to race and poverty.  My child doesn't succeed because others are impoverished or because higher expectations based on skin color, but a socially just society would work to remove obstacles related to race and poverty so the expectations and outcomes are less disparate across demographics.[/quote]

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