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This weeks edition of "It's not about race".

Toshi

Toshi

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A Conversation About Black Lives Matter and Bernie Sanders: Were activists justified when they interrupted the candidate at a Seattle rally?

I agree with the interviewer, not the interviewee, when he says:

I don’t see how to function in a pluralistic democracy––or profitably cooperate with people who believe in policing reform but count it a lesser priority––if people with shared priorities on policing shut down the events of potential allies because the issue we care about isn’t the one they’re discussing.
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I also feel that invoking "privilege" and saying "you're not part of my group so you can't possibly understand this movement" are thinly veiled attempts to shut down the argument and "win" it by default.
 
Toshi

Toshi

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syadasti said:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/18/poor-kids-who-do-everything-right-dont-do-better-than-rich-kids-who-do-everything-wrong/

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That article also notes that poor families make poor parenting decisions. Not that everyone needs to be a Tiger Mom, reading to one's kid is a basic thing that's not expensive yet isn't done. Also see rates of watching TV... Society's job is not to flatten out the behavior of all parents and raise kids in an identical matter.
 
syadasti

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pnj

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"black men stole my care with my children inside.... and drove it into a lake"
 
stevew

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but we don't want to get along....

“We know some white people don’t want to go to PS 307 because it’s predominantly black,” the spokesman said. “And some of the black people don’t want this influx of white people coming in.”

P.S. 307 enjoys rich programming, in part, because the school benefits from Title 1 funding for minority school where at least 60 percent of students qualify for free lunch, and some parents fear rich white students will spell an end to those programs.

“We fought hard to build this school, and we’re not just going to let people come from outside when we worked so hard and dedicated ourselves,” said one parent. “Our blood, sweat and tears are here.”
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Toshi

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My sister went to PS 81 in New York City for one year. Nopenopenope.
 
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jstuhlman said:
yep...would be interesting to see. most impoverished parts of the country? not urban ghettos...rural appachia, i believe.
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any indian reservation without a casino....if only there 15-20 million of them left around to exploit for votes...
 
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