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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get all the criticism if all OP does is put up a sign.  A sign is better than nothing.  I am black.  When I see white families with BLM signs, I don't go assuming they are out marching, or have no qualms about sending their kids to underperforming city schools.  All I assume is that they recognize that this country has a problem with police violence against black people.  Nothing more.  But I think being able to assume that is a good thing.  I never realized there were so many qualifications and prerequisites to putting up a yard sign.[/quote]

Another black person here, and agree with all of this.  The signs are cool with me.  At minimum, signs like the "Black Lives Matter, Women's Rights are Human Rights, Science is Real, Love is Love, etc." one reassure me of the good politics of some of my white neighbors.  I don't think any further about what else they're actually doing, although I certainly hope everyone is making calls, donating, etc.

As for sending their kids to majority minority schools, plenty of them do (our neighborhood school is one that does pretty well relative to most in DC).  I myself wouldn't send my kids to an underperforming school, and wouldn't expect my neighbors to all make that choice either.  I like the yards signs, especially the colorful one noted above, and really think they're all lovely for what they represent.[/quote]

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