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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Banneker question is out there though. What say those who avoid Banneker? I know what is said to me privately by those I know with HS aged children, and it had nothing to do with SES. Many have admitted that they and their children would never consider Banneker because they feel uncomfortable with the idea of possibly being the "only." I know exactly what is meant by that and I personally think that it's sad.

Banneker, SWW, Wilson, Ellington, McKinley, parochial and independent schools are ALL on my list. The jury is still out on the charter high schools. Our HS choice will be based on course offerings, not pigment.[/quote]

Here's why we won't consider Banneker - it isn't that good.  See the SAT scores for the previous graduating class - and this from an application high school.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/186327.page[/quote]

OMG! According to your link, my children are doomed since we make just under $200K.

I think you really should visit all of these schools and encourage your child do a shadow day before you conclude anything. If you are only looking at numbers, then you better hightail it to the suburbs or to a private school. DCPS and the charters are not for you.[/quote]

Funny thing is when a white parent doesn't want their white child to be "the only one" in the school their being responsible parents looking out for their child's best interest. When a black parent or minority has the same concerns they have "a chip on their shoulder" or are going against the grain. I would LOVE for my kids to go to school without white kids. This is the first year my kids have gone to a school with almost half of the students and with only two weeks in the school year, there was a letter sent home of an outbreak of damn lice! Nasty fuckers! If we really got a fair share and could have schools in bad neighborhoods or black neighborhood that were academically equipt, I would NEVER send my kids to school with whites PERIOD! Call my post what you want. I'm not racist, I just don't want myself or my family to be where we are not wanted and since so many of you (not all) have a problem with expressing your true feelings unless in private, I don't wanna be around you mutha f#*kas unless I ABSOLUTLY have to! [/quote]

Can someone help me translate this?

I think it reads:

Being the "lonely only" is recognized in all communities as difficult.  Therefore, I don't want my children to ever interact with anyone different from them.  I want them to be in a cocoon.  Furthermore, I want them to only be exposed to people of their same race.  (Can I also control for religion?  What about being gay/straight?)  Oh, now that I think about it, they can only speak English.  Or Spanish.  But not both, because that's a compromise that pisses me off.  What if I could demand that they are vegetarians?  Or vegans?  Or at least single-parent families who agree with my politics, and sew, knit, or tape their own clothing?    I got a letter about lice and I can't make any sense of or about it, but I'm freaked out to the point of being incomprehensible.  So, can I use that as an excuse to demand racial segregation?  Because I'm not a racist, but I just know that anyone I don't like is a "mutha f#*kas"

Did I miss anything?

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