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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I think it *might* be a reaction to all the white people who love to say: "Nobody's FROM DC!" completely ignoring that there have been families here for generations, just not a lot of white ones. That is a testament though of how segregated the city really is.

Agree that the divides are especially stark bc white people here are uniformly UMC.

I live on the Hill and there are a number of families threatening to leave, but will be interesting to see what happens. This is meant as a punishment to the rest of us somehow.[/quote]

I was born here and I'm white.  The child of transplants.  And I know a lot of people who were born in the area and have stayed.  Not many who live in the middle of the city, but they still live in the region.  If you are white and from here, you mostly hang out with other people who are from here.  My wife's family has lived in the area for a few generations.

The idea that only white people count, is racist.  And so is the idea that only black people count.  If I'm a public sector employee like DCPS employees are, then I serve the whole populaiton.

That said, if parents want to have a real voice in this city, we need to join together and use it.  Mayor Bowser is right to think that she needs to be careful of the votes connected to the WTU.  The constituency connected to the WTU is the reason why Fenty lost and Bowser won.

If we parents want our kids back in school we have to show that parents are an organized consituency who will stick around to vote.  Leaving right now is less strategic than being actual players and changing the city governance structure.[/quote]

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