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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my heart goes out to you. I once asked a question about potty training and someone accused me of being a pedophile. You never know what you're gonna get on this site.

In DC, yes, white students are a minority at all the schools. That's because DC is still predominately black. Having grown up here, I've never seen a high number of low-income whites in this city. It leads me to believe that there are probably more affluent whites who can afford to send their kids to private than there are affluent blacks.

As a result, you get the inverse in the charter school realm: Lots of blacks, very few whites. That'll change as gentrification has its way. [/quote]

I beg to differ.  There are many many affluent black people in the city. Of which I am one.  As are all of my neighbors.  The difference is that there are just more black people here, therefore, there are more poor black people here.  It's not that there are more affluent whites.  [/quote]

The census doesn't support your assertions, 2nd PP.  affluence is more prevalent in absolute numbers among whites vs non, (200>100) and absolutely as a percentage of the group as it appears in the pie chart of DC demographics.

Conversely, the percentage of white families that fall below the poverty line is something like 1% in the 2010 census.

The district is a weird bird, demographically. [/quote]

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