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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that instead of just having a club for girls or a club celebrating a particular cultural group -- which probably could have gotten them close to what they wanted -- they worded this in a way that's at least potentially illegal, and someone who doesn't like them decided to draw attention to it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. [/quote]

I agree it’s pretty stupid how DCPS schools consistently do blatant race-based things like this without understanding that all they have to do is make minor changes to the wording for the same impact. The fact is, these are not actually racially exclusionary clubs, because these schools are likely almost all black anyway. DC has a long history of “black pride” events that are supposed to celebrate blackness, not be exclusionary. I believe Black History Month originated here. It’s a very specific DC phenomenon routed in DC’s historical wealthy Black population - the whole “black excellence” thing merged with “black is beautiful” 60s empowerment stuff.

All they have to do is call this a club for the empowerment of black girls, “open to everyone.” [/quote]

That's because OU aren't understanding what is happening. They are TRYING to racially discriminate, but they know that's illegal, so they try to use the non-discriminatory language, but they can't, for two reasons: one, because it's hard to keep up the charade consistently; and two, because if they actually act and speak in a legal way, they'll end up not achieving the racially unbalanced results they want.

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