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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it is racism by any means.  It is supply and demand.  As long as there are black neighborhoods and white sections of town it will continue.  When many feel that one Ward in the city is predominantly white and educated and the other Ward is AA and poor.

You must be a transplanted or newly planted Washingtonian.  McKinley has never been a school of being unheard of in any sense of the matter.  If you knew the history of the school then it would astound you the McKinley was considered ahead of its time.  It was only closed because of the drain of students that were being sent to [b]McKinley[/b], SWW and Ellington at the time.  McKinley offered everything and more that many valued in the applications schools of today.  The irony McKinley drew the best from around the city and it was not an application school it was a school that attracted academically succecssful students.

To say that McKinley became phenomenon over night just let's me know you got here late yourself.  Carry on.[/quote]

Not sure who you are talking to, but it's certainly not me (who asked why not more white students) -- I am well aware that McKinley has had a good reputation for a longtime.  Your email doesn't make sense as you repeat McKinley twice (McKinley was closed because students were being sent to McKinley?  What?).

But really, can we stop repeating this outdated fallacy that McKinley is located in a "black neighborhood". This is not the case.  I live there.  It is a very diverse neighborhood and it is neither predominantly black nor white.[/quote]

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