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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So let's summarize

Hispanics are fine with their situation
Whites in Northern Arlington are fine with their situation

The only people that seem to be complaining are non rich whites who bought in South Arlington which is the area with the most diversity which is what people in southern Arlington want.....

Am I missing something.....

or are they just jealous of North Arlington[/quote]
My south Arlington elementary is over 70 percent poor. That's NOT DIVERSE. [/quote]

what is diversity then?  serious question  assuming more white guilt coming.  Is having 25% blacks 25% hispanic 25% asian and 25% white how any community is anywhere?

did you now do research before you bought?[/quote]

The irony is by the definition you just gave (racial division), Yorktown HS is the most diverse high school in Arlington in the sense that it most clearly mirrors the county demographics. This shocks a lot of people, but it's true. The catch is the school population itself doesn't match the county as a whole -- there's a much higher proportion of Hispanic students. So that drives the racial (and SES) imbalances county-wide for schools.[/quote]

You people keep saying this like it is so profound. Yet for the life of me, I can't figure out what it means or why it is relevant. "Diverse" does not mean "mirrors county demographics." The county and schools could both be 100% white; that doesn't make them diverse because they mirror each other. Further, it makes no sense to talk about a school mirroring the county demographics rather than the school system demographics. If that's your yardstick, few of the schools in Arlington can measure up. If Yorktown demographics are the "goal," then you need an entirely different school population than the one we have in order to achieve that goal in a majority of schools. So you see, what is relevant here is the school population.[/quote]

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