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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And LOL at you all claiming these schools are diverse. They’re as diverse as a box of milk toast with a bag of rice next to it. [/quote]

Which schools are "these schools"? My kid's MCPS high school, in Ganglandia, is diverse by any measure of diversity, except I guess maybe kids from super-rich families are underrepresented.[/quote]

The post is literally about W schools. Keep up.[/quote]

[b]W schools have a lack of diversity.[/b] Hence why the Board of Education raises the issue of redrawing boundaries once in a while.

W schools do have students who have a sense of entitlement and break rules without a fear of consequences. There’s a large percentage of students with cash to spend on drugs.[/quote]
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Compared to many other schools in MCPS.[/u] Whitman, Wootton, Churchill, and WJ are less diverse than many other schools in MCPS. In the bigger picture, though, there is no school in MCPS that is not diverse. Certainly far more diverse than the public schools I went to, growing up.[/quote]

Define “diverse.” <5% FARMS isn’t exactly diverse in my book.[/quote]

There are many aspects of diversity. Household income (poor/not-poor) is one of them. It is not the only one.[/quote]

So then tell me how W schools are so diverse.[/quote]

Even Whitman, which is the whitest high school in MCPS, is 40% non-white.[/quote]

And top private schools are typically 40-50% non-white. [/quote]

Hmm.... I'm skeptical.  How is my white hispanic family classified?  How about our family friend who is literally African-American- mom is white South African and dad is white American - is she white or African-American (she's both).

What exactly is "non-white"?  Which shade exactly is the cut-off? I mean, I see very few albinos around town, so there must be a cut off...

If we are classifying Hispanics appropriately, it is an ethnicity.  Jews are an ethnicity too - are jews appropriately boxed, like "non-white"?  What about the white jews?

I'm so confused.  I thought we were a just humans![/quote]

Shade? You think they look at people and make a determination? No. It’s done through self-reporting, just like all demographic tracking is done.[/quote]

Oh?!

Then which shade is the most advantageous for me and my family?  I'm that shade.[/quote]

WTH are you talking about?[/quote]

Well, if we "self-report" than I identify as whatever give us the biggest advantage.

Today does being blue, green, jagged, straight, white, rich, poor, etc give me an advantage? Then I'm that.  Tomorrow, I could be something different if the tide changes.[/quote]

It's consistently most advantageous to be rich and white. [/quote]

Except when you have to compete with the other rich white people.  Then it's better to be different and offer the diversity card.[/quote]

Nah, it's always most advantageous to be rich and white. [/quote]

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