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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged.  As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.[/quote]

Thank you social justice warrior.  I, however, am concerned about the HEALTH of those same groups. I don’t want their older family members to die.  I don’t want our African American teachers to die. I don’t want kids to experience more trauma surrounding deaths of loved ones. [/quote]

Are you sure you are not talking about yourself? We don’t need your concern about our communities when black and brown people have the highest death rate due to poor socioeconomic status. You want to keep us behind while you home school your children.  You don’t have to go in even if the school opens, but you also wish to forbid kids whose families have few resources to go. You want to assure that we can never match your level of privilege by playing the good liberal.  Stop hiding behind “HEALTH” as if you care about anyone outside your suburb.  It’s phony. [/quote]

Hi!  Well I guess I need to start identifying myself before posting. I am a female POC who is in her mid to late 40s with pre-existing health conditions.  I am a teacher in a Ward 3 school while living in Ward 7.  My children attended their neighborhood school before attending Hardy. One is currently at Banneker and the other is at Walls.

You don’t get to tell me I am privileged and don’t care about OUR communities. I do care about the community. I live in my community. I see what is happening to our children. I see what is happening to our families.  I see the toll this is taking.  I also see the trauma of children with dying parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.  I see the children scared that more of their family will die. I see the heartache of a community in mourning. I am not trying to keep our community down. I am making sure we don’t allow some white Social Justice warriors who suddenly care about our communities to kill us. You are killing us while pretending to care.  Help us get better healthcare. Help us get a Trauma center in Ward 8.  Help us get more grocery stores. Help us get safer and cleaner housing.  Don’t tell me I don’t care about my community. Don’t you dare. [/quote]

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