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Comment Rescue: Dorian Gray, Education And The Uncomfortable Truth

Filed in Delaware by on September 16, 2015 16 Comments
Comment Rescue: Dorian Gray, Education And The Uncomfortable Truth

I keep going back to Dorian’s comment on my Education post. Here is what he said:

I have a solution that nobody will like. It’s warranted and would address the very neediest, but good luck convincing anybody…

Start paying reparations in the form of schools. The idea that how good a public school is is based on where your parents/guardians live is one of the biggest examples of institutional racism I can think of (beside mass incarceration, maybe).

What other public services work this way? Can you imagine if people moved to ensure their post office was the very best rated post office in the area!

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