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More White (and Asian) Supremacy News
Advanced classes are racist, according to the Boston Public School Board. One statement stunned me (emphasis mine):
The school district analyzed the demographics of the program and found that “more than 70 percent of students enrolled in the program were white and Asian, even though nearly 80 percent of all Boston public school students are Hispanic and Black,” GBH reported.
The last time I was in Boston, neutral observer and I took a tour of the city. Maybe we didn’t go into certain neighborhoods, but I saw a whole lot of whiteness everywhere we went. It makes me wonder where all the white kids go to school…
And in other news, COVID vaccine distribution is racist.
If you wonder why things are slow when it comes to “putting needles in arms,” this might be a reason. It takes time to make sure “the right people” get the vaccine. If “the right people” were by age, then a photo ID ought to be enough. But secret codes? Come on, man!
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The only thing I can think of is they may think, “I’m okay, but the other people aren’t. My Democrat vote will help fix the other guy’s situation.”
Of course, it never gets fixed . . .
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Since there are options for advanced courses, from private, to charter, to open enrollment to suburban schools, I would expect that eliminating advanced courses within BPS would drive more Whites and Asians out of the Boston public schools. Perhaps the administrators would be pleased with that, considering the effect it would have on increasing the percentage of Black and Hispanic students.
Also, as highlighted by @aaronmiller, the only demographic that attends the charter schools at a higher rate than White students are Blacks. Are these systemically racist White/Blacks? And how to deal with them?
I totally agree. Blacks and Hispanics voting Democratic is more understandable, since those groups may receive welfare at higher rates. But I get mad at whites who are “woke” these days; it is like watching someone defend their abuser.
Why? I am not sure the woke part. I sort of think that is white liberal political theater. The whites I know that vote Democrat do it for the same reasons as blacks and Hispanics, for the money. There are lots of money in the Democrat big government machine. They graft from that, be it teacher unions, government unions, legal lawfare money, government contracts and contractors. They like most people want easy money and they believe the Democrats give them that and are also the side of the angels.