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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a black parent, I don't have the luxury of expecting the school to do the heavy lifting in terms of core math and ELA.  Maybe little white kids can survive entering K with zero literacy or numeracy skills, but my little black boys wouldn't be taken seriously, nor would I as a responsible parent. Don't talk to be about "equity" when some of you want the "privilege" of sending your kids to school unprepared, notwithstanding the fact that you have the resources to do so.

No, the school shouldn't expect much from parents, but you should expect more from yourselves.

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Fascinating take given that while the U.S. does have systemic racism, it is almost entirely aimed at whites.
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Your children will have government and private corporate handouts and quotas available regardless of their talent[/b].  My white kids won't.    You don't want equality, you want even more special privileges than you already have. [/quote]

If you want to have a discussion on "handouts" and preferences, you might be surprised by my "take" on those. FWIW, I view the scheme to which you allude as sops to a narrow slice of hyper-privileged black folks that allow corporations to check off the DEI/Anti-racist box, while doing absolutely [i]nothing[/i] for the broad swath of regular black folks, which is the strata I come from.  Such schemes also fuel the sort of resentment that people like you harbor towards my boys, so that's another thing for me to worry about, and all the more reason for me to ensure that my boys stay [i]years [/i]ahead of their peers, lest people like you question their "talent." So yeah, it would be crazy for me -- as a black parent of ability -- to refrain from aggressively supplementing my boys' education at home.

But feel free to assume what I "want" and impute particular views to me based on my race. Where would that come from?

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