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Well, it's white flight and in places like MoCo the white liberals talk a good game and want their kids at Whitman or Churchill.  What do you expect? [/quote]
Exactly. I find it ironic how everyone on this board is against segregated schools, yet pays an arm and a leg to live in an all-white neighborhood.[/quote]
not all-white neighborhood (it's hard to call WJ or TW areas all-white), more likely schools with college-oriented/academically challenged environment.
That's what I want for my kids. No surprise that schools like that happened to be in wealthy  neighborhoods. It's economic, not racial segregation. [/quote]

But looking at statistics, it's pretty hard to deny that whether the intent is economic, it does also fall along racial lines.  [/quote]
So what? Kill the messenger and blame those who choose somewhat segregated schools that best for their children rather than diverse one just to prove they're true bleeding hearts?

It's unfortunate, but there is nothing school can do, honestly...
Just wait couple more decades until races mixed better to erase the effect of several decades of true racial  segregation and discrimination. [/quote]

I don't think you understand the term "kill the messenger."  The messenger in this case is the article, not you or the people who self-segregated.

No one is suggesting parents do something that is not good for their children in order to prove themselves.  I think perhaps people are pointing out the hypocrisy.  For example, perhaps a person should not represent herself as being progressive and for inclusion and against segregation and for diversity when all of the choices she actually makes (when it comes to putting her money where her mouth/ideology is) contradict everything she espouses being for.

Aside from that, I'm not ready to throw my hands up and say nothing can be done.[/quote]

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