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You distort every point ever so slightly to create the adversary you wish you had so you can be the good guy. Typical privileged white dude yelling at not privileged white dudes to watch their privilege.

Racism is absolutely a problem today. It is not, however, the driver of 90% of the decisions or opinions that posters on DCUM like to call racist. In the rare occasions that one accepts that it isn't the driver, one brings up the definition of racism that makes it an institutional problem. Therefore if your statement or action isn't actively anti-racist or seeking equity, it is racist. That isn't sustainable.

I didn't see the PP you bullied say that racism and white privilege don't exist. She did say that they are used as just a tactic to shut down debate. Just because a baseball bat is used as a weapon doesn't mean it isn't also bona fide sports equipment.

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What do YOU believe drives the achievement gap at Wilson?  How would you address is?  Do you believe a long history of unequal treatment of black people by civil institutions (segregated schools, closed professions, restrictive deeds, segregated public facilities, employment discrimination, government investment in homeownership overwhelmingly in white neighborhoods) has anything to do with this achievement gap or not?  If not, what do you think are the causes?[/quote]

I don't have time to be an armchair sociologist. That's for rich white dudes.
I don't think cramming four grade levels in one physics classroom is a solution to a long history of unequal treatment of black people by civil institutions. Why would you?[/quote]

I will add that the main driver for the achievement gap of current students is not the remote history above.  It’s been proven that it’s poverty and family support.  We know these 2 things (socioeconomic status and family support) are the top 2 predictors on how well a student does at school.  So don’t confuse the issue by bringing in remote history.  Poor non-white students such as myself (highly educated) are able to close the achievement gap because we have parents at home who place a high value on education and support us.  It’s just like families who live in ward 7 & 8 who send their children to better performing schools across the river.  Although poor, they support and advocate for their children and instill the value of education.  Just like kids from poor Asian families who do well.

What’s ironic is that Wilson is a high performing school and we know the only reason HFA is being pushed is political and the one advocating it here (who I believe is admin or part of DCPS) has already acknowledged that it’s for the poor kids and the middle class families will be fine because the school expects these families to financially supplement outside of school.  This poster also tries to downplay the issue by saying there is not that many PARCC 1 incoming kids to 9th grade.  How can you then justify that the majority of kids needs will not be met, and it’s OK for these families to scramble in finding ways to supplement?  Putting these kids in HFA is not going to miraculously close the achievement gap.  What will is addressing the issues related to poverty in elementary schools with more social workers, mental health staff, parent education programs, etc..  It’s not HFA in high school.

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