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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't think this is a very good article. I thought it was going to be about real ways to make our public schools more equitable. Instead it's a silly pro-charter article. In my (almost totally gentrified) neighborhood, the local school is still all poor and all black with kids from father east enrolled. All the well off (mostly white) people go to the three charters nearby (or those farther away). [b]They certainly aren't going for the diversity.[/b] Rather, they are trying to avoid it. I don't live in the same DC as this writer. Rich people welcome the charters because they offer more opportunities for exclusion. Very silly argument is all I have to say. [/quote]

The equity reports comparing DCPS and DC PCS say otherwise - there is actually more diversity in charters than there is in DCPS.[/quote]

"Diversity" doesn't mean the same thing when talking about public education as it does in ordinary English. "Diverse" means poor and minority. Charters might have kids from a wider variety of backgrounds, but DCPS is more "diverse."[/quote]

Everyone knows that when anyone within this forum cites their school choice is based on "diversity" that it means "choosing a school with more white kids".  The lies these <strike>liberals</strike> racists tell themselves to justify would be laughable if they weren't so terrifying. The amount of racism in this city is absolutely horrifying. Nothing has driven this point home more strongly for me than conversations I've had related to enrolling my child in school this year. It's unbelievable. The schools do not make we want to leave DC at all, but the blatantly racist people who purport themselves as liberals definitely do. [/quote]

Great. :roll:  [b]You want to antagonize liberals who generally support civil rights and social safety nets that benefit many minorities and also whites.[/b] It is not racist to not want to be an only at a school. It is simply evolutionary. I wager black parents would prefer their kids not be onlys too.It is also not racist to want a school that offers a rigorous education and a safe environment for your kids. It is just good parenting.

What exactly is your point???[/quote]

It doesn't really sound like you're much of an ally, actually. It sounds like you are more interested in your own comfort zone than in hearing the PP's frustration.

A better way to express your "general support" would be to ask the PP why she feels that way, what her experiences have been, etc. rather than dismissing her experiences. [/quote]

Does DCPS get its PR firm to handle these boards or is some of this stuff from the Washington Teachers Union?[/quote]

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