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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]O.p. It is about power. White W.A.S.P. males have "lorded" over the U.S. since its inception. It used to be just being white alone was not good enough. My Jewish + Catholic relatives were shunned + excluded. The Jewish ones were killed in the Holocaust. Now U.M.C. whites can largely pass for W.A.S.P.S. If they look + act the part + as long as their names are not "too Jewish" or "too ethnic". So it stands to reason that since N.C.S. + STA are W.A.S.P. "Enclaves, i.e. Episcopalen, that they would be the most exclusive + want to retain white "waspy" power. Yes they will admit some "acceptable looking" people of color, but they will never truly fit in unless they come from famous +/or celebrity families.[/quote]

Do you have firsthand knowledge of this at the schools? I'm not being oppositional. I'm asking because you're lumping a fair bit of things together here. The Episcopal church may have a waspy history, for instance, but it is extraordinarily diverse and progressive and has been for a very long time. That doesn't answer the questions about NCS/STA or vice versa. [/quote]

Yes I do, and I was not offering a "value judgment" but rather just presenting the situation to the O.P. Of course, the people in power will do many charitable deeds. It does not follow however that they want to give up their power + give "their children's seats" to someone else.just as people may have B.L.M. Signs in their exclusive neighborhoods + support the cause; it does not mean they want to "give up" their neighborhoods to people of color.

My white child went to one of these schools + passed as W.A.S.P. Because we are U.M.C. + child was a top athlete in 3 reply sports.

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