Anonymous wrote:Explain to me how people are doing this legally?

The more important question is why anyone should be allowed to make a “law” depriving parents of opportunities to do right by their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Now people are saying it's racist and privileged to hire a tutor or form pods. What's even more ridiculous is suggesting to make it illegal or force parents to include others for free to promote diversity of race and income. Lol good luck.

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I’m sick and tired of people using racist in this way. It diminishes the term and it makes it seem that all black ppl or minorities can’t afford pods. That’s wrong to assume since some of us actually can afford to do the same. Some of us are also forming pods! Honestly this whole thing is just so taxing- real racism is being dragged by the KKK in the middle of the night.

So let’s ignore all of the systemic educational social economic structural racism that affects people of color?
It’s so much easier to make it about wearing a white sheet so that if you don’t have one on you don’t have to think about it, you don’t have to look at your brother and sister and think that maybe they need to change something that they are doing, participating in or promoting. It just makes it a lot easier doesn’t it because you don’t have to change anything you do or anyway you think.

Sorry, there is racism in this country, but there is not “systemic” racism in this country. Systemically racist countries don’t fight civil wars to end slavery; pass multiple Constitutional amendments to assure equal rights; pass civili rights legislation; pass anti-klan legislation; pass anti-redlining legislation; establish university support; establish government agencies to fight discrimination and promote equal opportunity; and pass legislation to address racism every time it bubbles to the surface. They don’t form abolitionist movements after their founding, and they don’t rid themselves of a scourge, like slavery, so quickly after their founding. It may not be woke to point that out, but you can look at real systemically racist countries in history (South Africa) and see the difference. Maybe all of us need to revisit how we think about things.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're a public school parent who isn't doing a pod, but you bought a house in a more expensive neighborhood because you wanted access to the schools there, take a seat and don't act like people forming pods or opting for private school are these awful people and you're a saint.

We all do things that aren't perfectly justifiable from an equity standpoint.

+1 I don’t get how pods are wrong and evil but having a tutor in a normal year is fine. Private schools never spark this kind of outrage. That it’s ok to over pay for a house in the right pyramid. But to have a couple of kids meet with a and a teach or tutor oh the horror! Oh the elitism! Think of the poor kids!

+2. It's just pure jealousy. Middle class jealous they're not UMC. And many UMC jealous they could afford the better suburban house, but can't afford the bespoke supplements.

This, they are just weaponize racist to guilt people who are living better than they are. Used to call them snobs or Yuppies but racist is just so effective now. People think it is progress but society will desensitize very quickly and it will allow real racist to blend in thus empowering them once the accusation is overused to exhaustion.

Sometimes I think that's the plan.