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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]but people here can keep convincing themselves they are progressive and "would NEVER" be racist. Eye roll. [/quote]

So will you please commit here that you won't be one of the people screaming "racist gentrification!" when white families start applying to Banneker in mass, even when Banneker becomes a majority white school?[/quote]

It won't. Because racism.

But like I said, most everyone here can keep trying to convince themselves. [/quote]

OK, I'll mark that down as a commitment from you not to complain though if it does.  I'm bookmarking this thread, because I suspect it might happen sometime in the next 5 years.

Can you explain your "racism" claim?  No doubt there are many people who are consciously or subconsciously bigoted.  But adding white students to Banneker doesn't take changing everyone in DC.  Even if there are only a handful of white families who aren't bigoted, then that's some starting basis to apply to Banneker, right?  Are you seriously contending that [u]every[/u] white person in all of DC is so bigoted that they will refuse to apply to Banneker because it's a majority black school?  Are you saying every single white person is racist?  If that's your view, I'd like to hear you say it directly.[/quote]

Well, I'm white

1) I try to be an ally but because of my inhearent privlidge, I'm still learning about all of the racial undertones that I either grew up with or I am around. I'm not scared to admit I have a lot of learning to do. And one of those things is learning that "good schools" and "bad schools" is usually code for low minority or high minority.

2) I'm not saying every single person in dc is racist. I'm saying that I think the majority of this board is. How many people here would never ever put Banneker on their list? It's rated one of the best high schools. It would be on our list. But no, people see the high number of black students and they are turned off. Many people in here have said they thought it was traditionally a black school. But just looking at the data, 17% identify as Hispanic/Latino, 1% as white, 2% as Asian, and 2% as other race. So no, I don't buy anyone's argument that it "just isn't a good fit for their child". For most people, that's code for something else. [/quote]

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