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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best thing about the anonymity of this board is that it allows the rich white prestige-obsessed and guilt-driven parents (who work too hard to be good parents) of the DMV to express their true feelings without fear of being outcast.  They talk the talk in public, but this forum shows that in private they don't walk the walk.  [/quote]

I think it shows that everybody is just doing the best they can, and that some people vastly overestimate the time, money, energy, and clout that posters here have.

Without a doubt, stereotyping and judging others is rampant here.[/quote]

Especially the kind of stereotyping and judging PP did.[/quote]

[b]Only in DC is a parent called a racist for sending their child to a school that is 39% white.[/b][/quote]

It absolutely is not that simple.  If Wilson were as black as the other DC high schools, virtually no parent on DCUM would send their kids there.  Banneker is the prime example.  DCUM parents send their kids to Wilson because it has "enough" white students for them to feel comfortable.  Clearly, they're making a race-conscious decision.    [/quote]

Banneker is an *application school.* Unless you think all DCUM kids would magically get in, that's not a valid comparison.  I think the lack of information about Banneker is actually a bigger issue than race. Banneker doesn't seem that interested in doing outreach or diversifying, so that's not really a way to learn about them.  DCUM does sometimes have good information about Banneker -- there's a Banneker grad that posted some really great information here about his experience.  What we do hear about Banneker frankly makes it seem like not a good match for a lot of kids (especially boys) of any race.  I do have a colleague who sends their child there, and while it's clear it's a great place, honestly the homework load and expectations seem like something my kid could not manage.  I feel the same way about Basis, FWIW.   OTOH, Duke Ellington might be a match.  I think Ellington is probably a better example, since the Ellington model of education is likely to be a better fit for a lot of DCUM types. Remember, we're in DC proper for a reason - we're not in Fairfax sweating our kids to get into AAP at 7 years old.  The real racism wrt Banneker comes when a few miscreant DCUM posters try to slag its successes and claim it's not a good school, and that somehow the median SAT scores means that their snowflake could not get a good education there.[/quote]

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