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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is why I think soooo many of the white people in DC are racist AF.  THERE ARE NO WHITE KIDS AT BANNEKER. 
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I was shouting this from the rooftops in some thread not too long ago. Not only won't they consider sending their kids there, they didn't even take the time to look up the data to realize it isn't a school only for black kids. People literally kept saying that. [/quote]

I just looked up some news articles about Banneker's history, and I saw this ...
[quote]Washington Post, 1988
In 1980, [DCPS Superintendent Vincent] Reed's plan passed the school board.  But four month later, the board, convinced the school cater to middle class whites, reversed itself and killed the idea. ... Reed floated one last proposal ... A quota system would give slots to every D.C. ward; areas east of the Anacostia River got more seats than Ward 3, west of Rock Creek Park.[/quote]
Are Bannker's admissions still based on a quota system?[/quote]

Can one of you Banneker experts answer this question?[/quote]

Hey genius, there are no schools in DCPS that admit based on quotas.  see:

In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) does not discriminate (including employment therein or admission thereto) on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, source of income, status as a victim of an interfamily offense, or place of residence.  Sexual harassment, sexual violence and gender identity are all forms of sex discrimination, which is prohibited by the Act.  In addition, harassment based on any of the above-protected categories is prohibited.

But believe what you will.[/quote]

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