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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Jeff, the concept of "hidden gems" is the topic of an entire episode of the Integrated Schools podcast. I commend it to you (and others here):

https://integratedschools.org/podcast/ep-6-the-hidden-gem/[/quote]

Here is a summary of the episode:

[quote]There are lots of great schools without many white kids, however, when white parents start to integrate a global majority school because they think they’ve found a hidden gem, it can lead in some troubling directions. Anna from LA (you may remember her from Ep 1) joins us to discuss the problems that arise when we come to integration just looking for a hidden gem. We touch on the narrative around what makes a “good” school, and we discuss how the Hidden Gem story encourages resource hoarding and can pave the way for colonizing.[/quote]

I thought the earlier poster was exaggerating, but I guess not. So, I'm out. Clearly nothing I do will ever be right.
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No idea how old he is but Jeff is sounding like a particularly unenlightened boomer.[/quote]

It doesn't make you enlightened to be mean.  Were you always super knowledgeable?  Ever need to learn something?  Ever on the wrong side of an issue?

Try to be a little more understanding.  We're all learning.[/quote]

We are all learning. I have a lot easier time being understanding with someone who admits that than with someone insisting they already know everything they need to know, and that different information is immediately wrong/insulting/laughable just by virtue of its unfamiliarity.

“Nothing I do will ever be right” is something I have previously heard only from Livia Soprano.[/quote]

I'm not saying that being defensive is the right thing to do.  The guy just got his baby (this website) publicly trashed all over the place, took a shot at trying to do better, and, not surprisingly, still has issues.  Piling on probably feels pretty satisfying to you, but isn't actually helpful.

I don't believe that Jeff has bad intentions. While intentions are not enough, it's at least a starting point where he can build from if he can get past the hurt feelings from this.[/quote]

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