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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]This. I would not respond in the way you are planning to. It makes you look tone deaf at best, and an apologist for nasty behavior at worst. I don't think that is what or who you want to be, or be seen as.  The racism and classism is present in all of this. Any denial of that won't work. [/quote]

I will ask you the same question I asked above. If DCUM is a bunch of segregationists perpetuating a racist system, what is the solution? Do you want people to stop moving into neighborhoods that they perceive as having good schools? Are posters supposed to stop talking about their local schools? One poster wants us to stop supporting charters despite many of them being among the most diverse schools in the city -- all in the name of ending segregation. Just calling people racists is easy. What's the solution that you propose?
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1. Attend and support neighborhood schools
2. Equalize school funding - perhaps a percentage of PTO contributions over a certain amount are redistributed across all district schools that raise under that amount? There are likely better ways to do this, but it would be a start to correct some of the inequity. 
3. Reconsider how you define integrated.  Look beyond your HRPCS
4. Consider why you’re being so defensive.  The report is flawed, but it isn’t completely off base. A lot of white people in DC and on DCUM are not overtly racist or segregationist, but taking advantage of and benefitting from a racist and segregated system. 
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