Re:The greatest privilege we never talk about: beauty
by ls612 on Monday July 13, 2020 @08:30PM
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>A bunch of rich people and state congresspeople's kids being forced to go to "shitty public schools" sounds like a great way to force the issue.
This sounds suspiciously close to "hold other peoples' children hostage until they give me what I want"
Re:The greatest privilege we never talk about: beauty
by komali2 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:51PM
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And the alternative sounds suspiciously like "extract resources from poor communities to feed my rich kid new lacrosse sticks."
Again, if going to a public school is so bad as to be considered "holding a child hostage," the issue isn't the making-rich-kids-go-to-public-schools, it's the public schools.
Seems obvious to me that the issue isn't that private or magnet schools are high quality, but rather that public schools are low quality. Basically, the goal is still, bring people up. The "bringing down" in this case is not only temporary, it's only actually "bringing to baseline."
A bunch of rich people and state congresspeople's kids being forced to go to "shitty public schools" sounds like a great way to force the issue.