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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]for starters, never use the phrase "liberal activist gentrifiers," even anonymously and tongue-in-cheek.[/quote]

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+2. I immediately felt sorry for the other parents when I read this.[/quote]

+3 yuck[/quote]

Christ, people, really?  I appreciate that OP is decent enough to be thinking about this.  Not everyone does when faced with the same situation.  (I'm recalling efforts at F-S in the not-too-distant past.  I happened to be only slightly familiar with those efforts, but was in a meeting or two with a bunch of "liberal activist gentrifiers" who wouldn't have used the phrase ironically, or maybe even known it [i]could [/i]be ironic.  Their whole style was offensive, and even if I'd liked what was going on at F-S, I couldn't have stomached having to interact with those "concerned" parents who were somehow completely unconcerned with the families who got there before them.  Frankly, I bet some of you are a lot like some of them.  Anonymity does crazy things, no?

And yeah, I'm a white liberal activist gentrifier, and a good bit of that is true whether I want it to be or not.  (But you're all sophisticated enough to know that race is a white issue too, right?)  Like OP, I'm at least interested enough in other people to know that's likely how they see me, at least at first, regardless of my own ideas of who I want to be as a member of whatever community I'm engaged with at the time.  Just exactly what's wrong with not wanting to alienate people?  OP never said her assumption was that all people would immediately believe that about her.  Still, you're an idiot if you don't know that some will.  Or have you never made an assumption or been subject to stereotyping another?

Such a bunch of mean girls with such talent for turning good intentions into another sign the Apocalypse is near.   I hope DCUM is all just some bizarre experiment and none of you are actually raising children.
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Just like we said- YUCK! Wearing an agenda on your sleeve and then wiping it all over the poor souls (i.e. parents and kids who go to the school) who have to be exposed to you is yuck in the least. We're already drained listening to that contrived nonsense. Why don't you try being authentic and respectful. That'll go a long way. The "I'm a white gentrifier apologist or whatever" is insulting and patronizing to families and guess what, they're a lot smarter than you think. Again, feeling really badly for parents who have to inherit your baggage when you inject yourself unwanted into their world.[/quote]

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