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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid who is at Banneker read this thread and laughed out
loud.

According to my kid:

" The teaching staff is very diverse, they are from all over the country and world. I hate to be labeled as one thing just because I am (insert race). What is (insert race) to me has a different meaning to someone else who is also labeled (insert race).  A kid that is from Ethiopia and grew up in DC may be completely different from another kid who is also from  Ethiopia but a different part of that same country. B[b]anneker is a good school and I feel safe , [/b]I also like that they keep our phones because people were mean at my old school, with vids and group chats... [/quote]

Simple truth, Banneker can only be so good if it can't attract a diverse student body in a city where white or Asian with HS-age kids almost always means UMC (and more often than not, strong academically).

Banneker with hardly any whites and no Asians is a can of worms, none of the pols will touch.  Too bad.[/quote]

You completely missed the students' point. Par for the course on this thread.

For clarification : Majority Black does not equate to majority same.

Ill type the student's point twice for the people that don't read...

Majority black does not mean majority same.

- Last year's seniors graduated with a cumulative 50 million in scholarships... not bad during a pandemic.
- Banneker has been around for more than 50 years, with a unique history and culture.

Banneker is definitely diverse and a gem that is not quite hidden... just some refuse to look... or acknowledge.[/quote]

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