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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there’s it’s extremely risky (and morally bankrupt) to ignore the different effects distance learning is going to have on various community members/groups  b[b]ut I don’t know if this take on it is the most effective[/b].  It feels like it will put people stressed/frantic people who would be amenable/educable on the defensive about their very human efforts to work something out for their kids (which in the end helps no one.) Rich urban liberals can be powerful advocates, to put it diplomatically, and this doesn’t feel it’s poised to harness that potential. [/quote]

+100. This kind of thing is actually harmful to the cause of real equality and eradication of racism. [/quote]

It's not harmful. It's redefining "racism" as "actions that have a disproportionate impact on minorities due to race."  If it's not racism (structural) that some of us in rich white zip codes can have our "pods" while we work from home, and kids from predominately black zip codes will just learn nothing while their parents are out of work or work essential jobs ... then what is it called?

You need to get past the idea that someone is telling you, specifically, Larla's mom, to cancel her "pod." We're not. We're saying - if you purport to care about BLM and racism, then NOW is the time to do something about this inequality that you are playing a STRUCTURAL role in.

And for those of us actually in economically mixed or Title I schools, then yeah, I think the moral responsibility does become a little more personal. Are you really going to cocoon at home and not try to help the other kids?  [/quote]

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