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Sure you are, you're white privilege and upholding of systemic racism is much worse to me.

yes, it is white supremacy to say Black kids should have the same opportunity for education as rich white kids in private schools!!! totally racist.

if Ibrahim Kendi has taught us nothing else, it’s that “racist” is a label to apply to any policy with a disproportionate racial impact. ergo, WTU is racist.

Mhmmm whites quoting non whites doesn't make them not racist. And since Black and brown parents don't want IPL what do you want them to do?

You'll never be a true ally as long as you are supporting a system against minorities. All you care about is your precious snowflakes.[/quote]

Well it's more complicated than you're making out.

If Black and brown parents don't want to send their kids to IPL they can do that.  Other people (regardless of skin color) sending their kids to school IPL doesn't take away from some Black and brown kids staying home.  I haven't seen anyone advocate for forcing everyone to go IPL.  Forcing Black and Latino/a parents to do something they don't want does seem to be racist.  But that's not happening.

But it's also true that distance learning is disproportionately hurting the educational progress of Black and Latino/a kids.  The "system" at present (partial hybrid) is against Black and Latino/o kids in this manner.  So supporting this system would seem to be the racist stance.  In any other scenario, if presented with a system in which Black and brown kids were disproportionately hurt in relation to their white peers, the PP would call that a racist system.

Of course, now we've got the conundrum that (a disproportionate share of) Black and Latino/a parents are supporting a racist system, so that doesn't seem right.

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well your last point just goes to show how silly Ibrahim Kendi’s arguments are. Not silly exactly, but not meant to be actual policy proposals.

[b]fact is, we never truly let parents just chose their children’s education.[/b] school is complusory. arguably the racist part is the sudden change to making essential school decisions parent choice, when parents are not equipped to make the right choice. (and I say this as a white mom who probably mistakenly kept her child home, so.)[/quote]

What?  LOL.  In person school, online academies, private school, homeschooling.

I'm very sorry, but no matter how much you whine, poor and nonwhite kids are not going to be frogmarched into buildings during a pandemic so your precious, entitled kids can be in person.  And those parents will make their own choices, whether you think they are "equipped to make the right choice" or not.

Your privilege is showing and it's gross.[/quote]

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