Originally Posted by canuck
As I said earlier, such coded language is the modern American way of making racist or class-based statements. Of course it's never about race. It's all just "harmless" statistics.
Bottom line, sociologists recognized back in the '60s that integrated schools are key to bridging the divide between races and classes in America. But as we've seen, we've thwarted any real integration by pointing at "the stats" and creating new cities. I fear the cost of that will be far greater than most realize. It's not a path humanity can afford to go down forever.
I can understand not wanting to send your kid to a crumbling school in an abandoned area. But to spread fear about Ferndale High is ridiculous. Some people here appear to have a strange chip on their shoulder. I don't know if it's because they're heavily invested in Brandon Township or something are jealous of more cosmopolitan, urbane areas, but it's almost pathological at this point.
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