School choice and test scores

[kanesa]

swampy wrote:
Kanesa

The story here is really about Gramps and how far he's come in his life. He is white. He was born and raised in a share cropper family in Georgia. He admits his association with the KKK years ago. He's the kind of guy that you liberals love to write off as dumb cracker, racist, red neck or other such pejoratives. He serves as an inspiration to all of us and through his mentoring of these two "lost" black children offers testimony to how far we have come regarding racial prejudice.

If all that bothers you then it's your problem, not mine.

You did not elaborate about Gramps initially. Maybe if you had included all the above information, I would not have questioned your use of "black".

kj wrote:
>>There are just as many disadvantaged white students as there are hispanic, black, asian or whatever.

Why did you mention hispanic, black, asian? I don't even know what that is. I guess I'm colorblind ;-) Seriously though, why is it o.k. for some people to notice diversity, and not others? Is it because some can handle the truth, and others can't? How can you celebrate diversity without noticing it? kj.

I have no idea what you are saying. I am so glad you are color-blind. You would not have said "black students" then because you see no color.

Ted King wrote:
I understand kanesa's sensitivity to this. To me, a question about whether or not a comment is gratuitous (i.e., in a negative way) with respect to referencing racial "identity" revolves around whether or not the reference provides germane information within the context of the issue at hand.

Thanks, Ted, for understanding what I was saying. Like I said, if swampy had included all the information, I probably wouldn't have said anything.

swampy, I hope you were not including me in your "you liberals" comment.