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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks. Long PP Banneker poster. Glad to see I’m not on an island. Look, I get that it can be scary to be a first. But it’s done all the time. I get the sense that once a DC school gets to about 10% white, it seems ripe for gentrifying for white folk. They usually do this in an concerted, planned effort. (See CH schools and most recently Hardy middle school). Recent parents that have begun to gentrify Hardy are not your typical “racist”, sure. They wouldn’t even consider any DC schools if that were the case, yet alone one that is 80% black. But there is still something inherently racist about not considering one of the top schools in the country. Especially Banneker. I mean it’s not a Lean On Me type school. You’re DC is not going to be jumped for wearing the wrong colors.

Seriously, why haven’t a group of 10-20 families joined together to commit to Banneker the same way they did to Hardy 5 years ago?[/quote]

Does Banneker want that?[/quote]

Do white folks moving into Anacostia seriously consider if their black neighbors “want” them to move in at such rapid rates? What about the white families opting into Shepherd (including OOB). This is a new one to me but also, still somewhat falls into #1.[/quote]

From the gentrification conversation, it seems gentrifiers are bad and should stay away. [/quote]

If you stay away it's because you're racist, if you don't stay away you're a gentrifier. It's very simple and easy to understand [/quote]

Main rule of thumb is "don't act in real life like you do on DCUM, and people won't think you're an A$$shole." If you can keep from letting your judginess out when you're talking to your neighbors, you can get by anywhere. It's the people who get all high and mighty instead of living among their neighbors - the dudes who move next to the cookout lot and complain about the cookout - who end up with problems.[/quote]

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