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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Though you have to admit to the squishy logic here . . . if white parents aren't catered to (across many areas) they'll leave, which will harm nonwhite families and thereby cause segregation . . . which is usually defined by white people moving away.

I know it's inflammatory but isn't this a little too much like, "if you don't do what I say I'll hurt you and it'll be your fault?"[/quote]

This "threat" to leave if they don't get what they want and their sincere belief that their existence as UMC white folks is essential to success is as old as public education itself. When white privilege is taken away and people stop catering to them they threaten to take their ball and go home.

P.S. I'm white and rich. But I also have perspective.[/quote]

“Perspective”=desperate for approval from childless 23 year olds on Twitter. Put the bird app away and go outside and talk to people.[/quote]

Good one! That's a genius way to dismiss any argument with which you don't agree. It's like calling someone "woke" instead of addressing the underlying argument.

Do you really believe that anyone who has the willingness to understand the world through a lens not their own is approval seeking? And do you really believe that the DC population is binary: UMC entitled white folks or childless 23 year olds? Newsflash, you are a minority in DC, in DCPS and DCPCS.

Oh, and the "go outside and talk to people" is exactly the source of your myopathy. You are talking to your friends in your social circle all of whom have similar life experiences as you. The issue here is that your world view isn't the only one, and surely not the only one that matters. I know as an UMC white person you've been taught all your life that your view and voice matter more, but that's not actually true. There are people who disagree with you and their voices and opinions matter too.[/quote]

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