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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][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]

I am sure that you mean well, but you are doing tremendous harm to the cause that you appear to support. The report offered no suggestions for change whatsoever and the report's supporters here have defended that. You offer nothing other that "reflection", something most of us have engaged in since the day our children were born (and in some cases earlier). You obviously don't know what white people should do differently (other than reflect) but you expect them to know.

I don't need to waste my time reading about pods. I have read about them for a year. Are you unaware of the discussions on this site? I didn't form a pod for my kid.

I know that you have all the answers (except when you don't) and have a slew of buzzwords and labels that you can deploy at will in lieu of actual substance, if you are serious about improving the educational opportunities of the underserved you need to radically change your approach.
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Wow.  No reflection.  I guess a hit dog will holler.[/quote]

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