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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are white and considering Mckinley Tech over Wilson. I have repeatedly been told that it is not a good school because it is "not diverse." We are still going to go look at it my 8th grader is starting to wonder. I could not tell you the exact study but the stat I remember is that white parents will start leaving a school once it hits around 20% minority. In DC that is less often the case, we have for better or worse a lower bias threshold of around 40%. Before we get self congratulatory the fact is we have all types of implicit bias and our kids know it. I think what we are seeing is not administrative malfeasance but our own limitations. [/quote] +1... not to the implicit biases, but for the ability to be self-reflective. I think more honesty like that would debunk a lot of the baloney like the original article quoted, but it's not a bunch of sunshine and roses either.[/quote]
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