Anonymous
06/29/2017 15:53
Subject: Gentrifiers and Black Lives Matter yard signs
Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the schools issue is such a hard one. Yes, it's hypocritical and damaging to the community to not send your kids to the neighborhood school. Yes, I want the best for my kid and I'm not willing to sacrifice his education for the good of others. I feel like most parents feel that way. That said, I would much rather send my child to an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse school than a homogeneous private or suburban public school. Isn't that why we chose to live in the city instead of the suburbs anyways? It's not like any of us want to deal with the charter lottery process. I don't have a good answer to the school issue, but know that the charter/DCPS debate is more about class and education than race - my workplace is 90% black/latino and NONE of the educated, middle class, mostly DC natives that I work with send their kids to their in-boundary DCPS. Literally nobody that I've asked (and I ask everyone with school aged kids) does.
Well I think this speaks volumes! You are simply a hypocrite. You want everyone to think how pc you are. How open to diversity you are, but when it really comes down to the real.nits and bolts of supporting your community you walk away. You are so full of it .
Anonymous
06/29/2017 14:49
Subject: Gentrifiers and Black Lives Matter yard signs
Anonymous wrote:Actions speak louder than signs. Why does everyone have to advertise their agenda? Are you showing off? Oh look at me and how liberal and diverse my views are. Aren't I just the greatest? These signs are so disingenuous and are meant to provoke. Stop already. If you truly believe in a cause then get off your rich ass and actually do something without the need for accolades.
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Anonymous
06/29/2017 14:44
Subject: Re:Gentrifiers and Black Lives Matter yard signs
Anonymous wrote:Nope im that way because of people like You pp not Some sign, racist pos
Awww that is so cute. I'd love to see you call someone a racist pos to their face outside of cyberspace in the REAL WORLD.
Anonymous
06/29/2017 14:32
Subject: Gentrifiers and Black Lives Matter yard signs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Black dude here.
My neighborhood in NW is steadily getting paler with each year and its all good.
A lot of the new white neighbors have rainbow flags and the Kindness Is Everything signs mentioned above and, yes, BLM signs.
For me its all good. Doesn't bother me that white people have a BLM sign and doesn't endear them toward me any more or less either.
At the end of the day it is what it is - a yard sign.
Still going to end up coming down to their actions that matter most when making my appraisal of them, not the aesthetics of their lawn.
I agree with this guy.
I am a black woman who has a sign and I love when I see white people with a sign. It tells me that they are safe and that my children are safe walking past their house.
OP here - this is it entirely. I find virtue signaling obnoxious, am not trying to push an agenda on my neighbors, or think that a sign is "enough" action. However, if a sign makes my POC neighbors feel more confident or comfortable having me as their neighbor, then mission accomplished. I make an effort to be a good, genuine neighbor, and think I am one based on my actions, not choice of yard signs. However, lots of people can be nice on the surface and I don't expect trust because I say hi and know your name. Trust is a continuous process and I think a sign can help that.
Anonymous
06/29/2017 14:26
Subject: Re:Gentrifiers and Black Lives Matter yard signs
Nope im that way because of people like You pp not Some sign, racist pos
Anonymous
06/29/2017 14:12
Subject: Gentrifiers and Black Lives Matter yard signs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Black dude here.
My neighborhood in NW is steadily getting paler with each year and its all good.
A lot of the new white neighbors have rainbow flags and the Kindness Is Everything signs mentioned above and, yes, BLM signs.
For me its all good. Doesn't bother me that white people have a BLM sign and doesn't endear them toward me any more or less either.
At the end of the day it is what it is - a yard sign.
Still going to end up coming down to their actions that matter most when making my appraisal of them, not the aesthetics of their lawn.
I agree with this guy.
I am a black woman who has a sign and I love when I see white people with a sign. It tells me that they are safe and that my children are safe walking past their house.
Sadly those who take issue with signs don't give a crap that you love them because, well, you're black. I mean let's be real - the people pitching a fit and getting all bent out of shape about a FRIGGIN YARD SIGN are the same people who have to be repeatedly reminded that people of color actually exist in this world and are the same people who have to be repeatedly reminded that black people's thoughts/opinions actually hold relevance too.