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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am in the Sherwood Cluster, there is talk but no details. It is on Next Door for our neighborhood and people are discussing the problem as a whole in the area. The Principal is addressing the situation (2 different emails) and has reached out to address this with the other school prior to the Washington Post Article. Problem is MCPS does nothing toward accountability at any school, and [b]this systemic problem starts at home[/b].  [/quote]

Very true, but I'll add something else. I've been in numerous school systems, as a student and parent, both here and abroad, and in my experience and those of my friends, unchecked prejudices happen the most in lower-income, multi-ethnic districts, for two reasons:
1. Many low-information, low-income families of all ethnicities are extremely prejudiced about other races, and don't feel the pressure of being politically correct, like the middle and upper middle class.
2. The people in authority at school and community centers, etc, are busy managing what they perceive to be graver dangers such as gang violence, threats to life and property in and outside school, and serious challenges lower-income students face every day that prevent them from accessing education. Casual racism is just not a priority in that context.

Schools in wealthy white areas will often be accused of being extremely racist whenever incidents crop up in their neck of the woods, because their communities are willing to discuss and address all incidents, however minor, but the reality on the ground is that 99% of racist incidents at lower-income schools fly under the radar because there are other fires to put out and no one can be bothered to address them.
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I'm sorry; but this is nonsense. [/quote]
How is it nonsense? The only thing I would tell the poster who posted this is that Sherwood isn't a poor, lower-income school.

I think that poster raises a valid insight. Doesn't take away from what Sherwood did - I absolutely believe students need to be punished but I don't deny there is racism among the poorer high schools in the cluster. What that poster said makes sense.[/quote]

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