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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This chain hasn't quite gotten to the "if you don't fully embrace diversity, then you're a racist who's afraid of brown people" but it's getting close.  Yes, there are upsides to a diverse school environment but some of the most racist people I know attended diverse/integrated schools.  Going to a school with sizable populations of different ethnic groups can break down negative stereotypes OR reinforce them, depending on the experiences one has.[/quote]

Yeah, but I bet going to a school that is whiter and richer on average than the town you live in, because mommy and daddy paid hundreds of thousands of dollars more than comparable properties to make sure you ended up at that school, probably reinforces some pretty ugly perceptions about poorer and non-white people. "Revealed preferences" and such. [/quote]

And I'd double the bet that most of the people who worry about stuff like this just want more rich, white and Asian kids in their schools to increase the test scores and the local real estate values.  [/quote]

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