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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is difficult situation b/c many of the kids are descendants of native Washingtonians and have families who live in MD, VA or DC. These kids are sometimes transient and are in and out of relatives house. I think many UMC white people come from a nuclear family background and don't understand that some of these kids have different family situations. That is my experience at least.  [/quote]

"Descendants of native Washingtonians?" Like Powhatan or Algonquian?
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Gentrification has squeezed a lot of multi-generational Washingtonians out of their homes.  Even parts of Ward 7&8 are not affordable for many low-income families. After reading Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations", perhaps we owe these kids this education. Read the story. These discussion have lots of racial overtones to them and bear a resemblance to debates about housing restrictions and school desegregation in previous eras. [/quote]

You are assuming that the residency cheaters are black. That's probably often the case. But you are also assuming that the residency cheaters are poor blacks, and that is most likely not the case. My bet would be that few or zero residency cheats qualify for FARM. They are stealing seats from DC resident FARM kids. This is not some simplistic white snowflake versus black urchin morality play. As I am sure you are aware, a small segment of black DC has done very well financially, in some cases due to govt connections, and unfortunately, through government corruption, for an even smaller subset. This phenomenon we are discussing is one in which reasonably well educated middle income people are dishonestly manipulating a govt system for their own personal gain. 
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