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[quote=Anonymous]i have a few thoughts on this:

1. one of my high-achieving black friends pointed out to me recently that for her moms generation, right after desgregation, black people were willing to fight their way into recently desgregated "white" schools because they KNEW that those schools were better resourced and that kids were getting a better education. They were willing to face the racism they knew was coming for them for that opportunity.

2. many of us grew up that way -- as the only POC in a white school -- and are deeply traumatized by that experience and would never want it for our children. We want our kids to experience a happy, innocent childhood, to never feel "less than," AND to learn.

3. I'm a non-black POC who was the only non-white person in my class. I'm Asian. I was not with academic peers -- i was the only kid in my class to place in a few different national math competitions, i had the highest tested IQ in my grade, but still, the myth of white supremacy permeated that school because of the demographics and stuck on me.

4. POC have a much more complicated school choice decision tree than white people do. White people can send their kids to a very white school and not have to worry about the racism bit at all, because their child will not experience it. Will their kids experience some negative side effects (they may become more racist, be less likely to see the humanity in people of color?)? maybe. but i rarely meet white people who are concerned about that.

5. School integration is a dream that the civil rights movement initiated. we have not achieved it. I really believe that everyone would benefit from going to a school that feels truly integrated, with children of all different races. what can we all do to achieve that goal?

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