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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Above is one of the reasons why I am so disgusted with the Key teacher.  She should know better. :([/quote]

It is disgusting.  Unfortunately rather then being called out on her poor behavior- she is getting accolades from former Key administrators with them talking about how proud they are of her.   
The Key folks have entirely lost all sense of perspective- they view this as an existential threat and our treating it as such.  THey don't view any tactic as beneath them- whether its manipulating the low income folk they are purportedly arguing for- altering objective facts, etc.
Here is the real threat- they have not managed to convince their low income Hispanic community that immersion is 'worth it'.  They are not interested in actual solutions to hypothetical problems- e.g. busing kids to extended day at Key- because they deeply fear that if given the choice between staying at the Key neighborhood building, vs going somewhere else- many of those families are going to choose Key neighborhood.  Not because they can't make going to the ATS site with accommodations work -because they don't want to- they just don't care that much about attending an immersion school.  The more 'friendly' the Key neighborhood school is to them (e.g. bilingual office workers etc.) the less likely those families are to follow immersion.  So the Key boosters (beyond those who just personally don't want to move) are desperate to block the move and not think about solutions.
Many of them think that the low-income hispanic community is better off in immersion (and full disclosure- I agree with them).  But I also think they have freedom of choice- and their choices need to be respected.  [/quote]

It doesn’t help when Key boosters use language like “catastrophic” to describe the effect of the move on Key families. Meanwhile, they seem unwilling to acknowledge the fact that there are Spanish speaking students who opted out of Key and are fine being bused elsewhere.

It reminds me of the famous video footage of the weatherman who looks like he can barely stand in hurricane winds while there are a couple of people casually strolling along behind him. It’s all for show.[/quote]

Whose show?  Who cares that much about his and why?  [/quote]

People who don’t want things to change for them personally and those who have responded to the “racism” dog whistle.[/quote]

There was one person who even comments with something like “I haven’t been paying attention but as a white ally what do I need to do? I will walk the picket line with you”

That is what sent me over the edge. Turning this into a race/income thing and ignoring the rest of the facts and data has me really pissed. It’s the definition of dog whistle and they are hoping to catch people who aren’t paying attention. [/quote]

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