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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not a Hardy parent but good for these parents for getting organized and leading an effective outcome.
This puts DCPS on notice that they better do right by Hardy.
[b]Maybe someone could encourage the Hardy parent organizers to help other parent communities at other schools to organize as well to pressure DCPS to improve learning conditions. [/b]
DCPS needs accountability as they get away with way too much crap[/quote]

This would be viewed as "condescending" and "evidence of privilege". There is no winning. If you don't try and help you are a racist. [b]If you try and help you are a racist.[/b] The only acceptable response is to self flagellate early and often and hope to be labeled and ally.

-signed
Someone who used to try and support these causes but has had enough [/quote]

Everyone get out your tiniest violins for the poor white victims in our society [/quote]

Are you really trying to convince us you’ve tried to help the schools of other Wards? Because no one believes you.

Y’all are crazy defensive. You think it’s “performative” to consider your role in perpetuating inequality and racism. you’ve got no intention of helping others whatsoever. You benefit from this system. You’re like—I got mine!! My kids are “suffering” at this TERRIBLE school and we just HAPPEN to have time and resources to do something about it!! Geez I wonder WHY you have the time and resources to do anything about it?? Nothing to do with race there, huh??

No one’s is saying you should stop advocating but the the repeated screams of THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE! are just dumb.

PJ might have needed to go but I have no doubt that had he been a young WHITE first year principal it would have been handled differently. [/quote]

Hardy is almost 2/3 BIPOC. [b]White parents fighting to improve Hardy is anti-racist by definition.[/b] Read your Kendi. [/quote]

Lol. The fact that that white parents dominate the PTO, LSAT, and class liaison positions in a school that is 2/3 BIPOC is already hugely problematic and definitely not anti-racist. The PTO is not representative of the student population.

It is not anti-racist to have white parents and a PTO that does not reflect the student body (in a 2/3 BIPOC school) decide to remove the first black principal in years with little to no engagement with BIPOC families. Now I’m not saying it’s necessarily racist-but it sure as sh** ain’t anti-racist.

I saw one black PTO member…during that Zoom call. Everyone else who spoke was white.

How many of those 400 signatures came from BIPOC families? Really how many?

While we are at it…How many of the 400 signatures represented unique families? I bet good money on the fact that half those signatures represented the same household.

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I am thankful we have a PTO, LSAT and class liaisons that are committed to the school and willing to fight for change when needed. [b]I couldn’t give a damn what color they are[/b]. That there are people out there like you taking note of speakers’ skin complexion like a damn bingo card instead of assessing the merits of what they have to say is really pathetic. That you think what you are doing is “anti-racist” is kinda crazy.[/quote]

See, to me, that’s a problem. You should care that your PTO in no way reflects the demographics of your school. You should care that the many different voices are not represented in these meetings. You could also ask yourselves why these parents don’t show up or participate. Are there obstacles to their participation? But you all don’t do much self reflection. This thread has made that abundantly clear. You are always right.

I was listening to what people were saying in the meeting (not playing bingo). I found the meeting very uncomfortable and disliked what several parents had to say.

I never said I was being ANTI-RACIST. I was disagreeing with the poster who said that white parents taking charge to remove PJ in a school that is 2/3 BIPOC is somehow “by definition” anti-racist.  [/quote]

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