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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would suggest that people not hide behind the protection of anonymous posting to say things they likely wouldn't say if their names were attributed. My comment is specifically directed at those equating success [i]solely[/i] to race. Trying to explain/justify scores and make comparisons based on the student racial make-up is insulting and wrong. I don't feel a need to go through every post on this particular thread that has done this, but there were a few. I don't even assume that people of color are not guilty of this by the way. I'm a person of color and I've heard it, but it's not truly race in my experience. It's economics that create the differences. Someone else mentioned that poverty is the culprit and ultimately root of the disparities. I tend to agree. I just urge everyone to be more mindful of that - even when posting with anonymity. [/quote]

I disagree with you fundamentally. DC is a very dynamic city that makes it hard to compare apples to apples due to variables in class and race (i.e., no low income white students in the system).

A brown person named Andrea[/quote]

I agree with the top posting.  It’s not race.  It’s SES.  In DC, it just happens that SES correlates closely with race so people make it about race when the fundamental issue is SES.  If you are a middle class or UMC AA person, your child will likely do better than if you are a lower SES AA.  Sure a few outliers but as a generalization, true.  It’s class, SES, not race.

Singed a minority but not AA parent.[/quote]

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