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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i think what a lot of people are missing here is the mindset that you are either making an anti-racist decision, or you are making a racist decision.

Often, what white people consider to be the default or obvious choice is one that supports a racist, segregated country. It doesn't mean you are a member of the KKK, but it is still true. THAT is what the author is trying to get at, but bc it is a Brookings piece she can't be more obvious about driving home that conclusion.

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to make it perfectly clear, moving to upper NW to be in a majority white elementary school and choosing a lesser quality charter to be with more white people are both decision that perpetuate that. They are all mildly racist white liberals. I live in Shaw, i have seen many many many people do that. I also have seen the white families who have remained in our EOTP DCPS for the duration -- they are people who are comfortable being a minority as a white person, who actively believe in integration, and who have a lot of faith in their children and aren't worried about them. The number of these people is growing every year. I hope this study does more to increase it.[/quote]

Shaw is zoned to Cardozo, which is 1% white. That's ~7 kids. The number of white families who are remaining and sending their kids there is miniscule. And that should tell you something about the difficulty of it. Because you have families who are comfortable being in a minority, who do believe in integration, and who still go charter (where they will also be a minority) or selective high school, or leave. [/quote]

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