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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know all these people out there fighting against Trump and shouting about Nazis and against white supremacy should take a long hard look at issues like red shirting.

The majority of folks who red shirt and going to be white upper class. You here excuses about kids not being mature enough, not wanting them to be behind, wanting to make sure they can compete, but what you really want is for your kid to maintain their supremacy. I am tired of hearing of what is best of "my kid"  or "our family" maybe we should take a minute and ask ourselves what is best for society. What is best for all the kids  and what can we can personally do to close the achievement gap.

- mom of a July boy going on time. [/quote]

You are a complete hypocrite unless you've deliberately moved to a low-performing school district, do not supplement your child's education, and sent your child to the neighborhood public school.

There is literally no evidence that redshirting has any impact on the achievement gap. None whatsoever. What has a huge impact on the achievement gap, however, is what school you send your child to. So unless you've taken that step, you are just another hypocrite bleating on about how other people should fix the achievement gap but certainly not you. [/quote]

Well, I live in S. Arlington and send my kid to a neighborhood school.  I am not saying I am perfect. OF course I want to fight for my kids and get them the best of the best, but that doesn't mean I don't recognize that I am using my privilege to put my kid ahead and when I do that it impacts other kids.

If you want to be blind to the fact that white women through their school choices have helped to maintain white supremacy be my guest. But whether it is red shirting, fighting against rezoning, or busing these actions help maintain white supremacy. No one has to be overtly racist for their actions to impact that.

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Go back to GBCN. [/quote]

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