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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inclusion = entropy, lowest common denominator behavior and environment.  Almost by definition, it is impossible to have anything better than average WITHOUT exclusion.  How could it be otherwise, that’s basically a tautology?  Anything worth having requires a boundary that excludes. [/quote]

Of course. That’s why every decent public school has some kind of boundary—a geographic boundary, an exclusive application process, or at least an inconvenient location and a lottery that the least organized won’t know to apply to. The interesting question is why are exclusive private schools going around preaching inclusion, while building their schools on exclusive cost and exclusive admissions?[/quote]

As you point out, inclusion doesn't mean anybody can enroll. In a private school context it would hopefully mean Black people can attend without being harassed or shamed for being who they are (e.g. dress codes that prohibit corn rows), or that the school reasonably accommodates disabilities where possible. These things don't necessarily happen in public or private schools even though they should.[/quote]

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