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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]White affluent parents do a lot of things that exacerbate racial inequities--moving to segregated neighborhoods, choosing schools w/larger white populations, redshirting, pandemic pods, etc., all in the name of "doing what's best for my kids."  I hope with more recent scholarship on these issues (opportunity hoarding, etc.), this leads to some reflection.  [/quote]

Reflection by itself is meaningless. I reflect every time I eat an extra brownie. That doesn't stop me from eating it. At some point, [b]the narrative will have to move beyond name-calling and shaming a[/b]nd start proposing ideas for changing things. If parents are faced with an inbound DCPS school in which over half the kids are not a grade level and you can't convince them that this is still a good opportunity for their child, they will avoid the school. Whether they avoid it by going OOB, charter, private, or moving probably doesn't matter much, but they will avoid it. [/quote]

This is your subjective account of this type of research, and your knee-jerk defensiveness and white fragility is getting in the way of considering these issues further.  I fail to see why reflection/awareness isn't a reasonable interim goal while others are still working on long-term solutions.  Perhaps many parents here should sit with this a bit, instead of immediately defending their decision-making.

This is a good, linked discussion of some of these issues, in a DC area pandemic pods group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dmvhomeschool/permalink/3572497386116851/[/quote]

This link is not reachable.  Probably because you have to be a member of the group.[/quote]

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