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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And now we are back to what was said earlier in this thread — wealthier (and whiter) parents know on some level that their kids don’t have to put on the same amount of work to earn a place in college or the workforce.

First generation prospective college students and most black students can’t afford to take that approach. They still need to work harder to prove that they belong at a good college. [/quote]

Actually if you read the links earlier in the thread from a Banneker graduate, it sounds like [b]a lot of what they are doing is making up for gaps in the preparation of a lot of bright kids that have been ill served by DCPS’s less successful schools. [/b] My kid has been well served by DCPS’s schools and does not need that kind of hand holding and it would completely turn her off from school.  [/quote]

This. I have been wanting to post this for as long as this thread has been running, but I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. 
The hard work Banneker students are putting in is the hard work of catching up that other prospective high-schoolers don't need because they have been better prepared from preschool to 8th grade. Banneker is a magnet school for disadvantaged smart and hardworking kids whose academic needs weren't fully met for most of their education. Why would it be racist for upper middle class hothousing-without-even-noticing white parents to think that Banneker isn't right for their kids? Why do folks love to say "look deep inside of yourself, because there is racism there if you don't even consider Banneker for your kid" when it so clearly has a mission that doesn't match the need of most white families in DC?[/quote]

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