when i think of DC, i think of (mostly white) over-educated simpletons who are obsessed with terminology

It's not the same, obviously, but it's not as far apart at least in terms of factual end point as you're making it out to be.

Two things can be true:

1. f*ck this racist dogwhistler;
2. DC schools are absolutely atrocious with some of the worst test scores in the nation, and maybe among all developed nations, and consistently fail to keep vulnerable children out of the school-to-prison pipeline (a term used by the ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/issues/juvenile-justice/juvenile-justice-school-prison-pipeline).

The rightfully indignant response to 1) should not lead to a "closing of ranks" to acknowledge 2).

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it's a straight up dog whistle.

When people think of DC, they think black people.

So when you say the schools are crime factories, you're implying all these black kids are criminals.

(I know some people on this sub believe that, but it is straight up racism)

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You represent ALABAMA.

I agree there are more productive forums than Reddit for effecting social change. OP also clearly felt threatened. Advocacy and utilization of alternative resources is important. Passive aggressively chiding someone to use an alternative response while they're coming down from a sense of threat isn't generally effective advocacy in my experience. And because OP felt threatened use of 911 is inherently reasonable.

All of that assumes OP was seeking resolution when maybe OP just wanted an empathetic audience since they had a scary experience in our city.

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Throwing rocks from the glass house called Alabama.

i think people like you use terminology as a way to act like you're helping, while distancing yourself from actual problems

as far as i'm concerned, you, me, and this guy from alabama are all equally useless in the fight to improve our schools

But, the larger political backdrop is the push for DC statehood, no? Thus, the comparison is not uninvited.

And OP tried to dunk on Alabama of all places and missed the layup …

I watched most of it and was thoroughly disgusted, though I suppose the normalcy of the GOP's behavior at this hearing is why it's gained no traction in the news today.

I think I encountered this guy as well, also near Thomas Circle. One day while it was raining he came up to me at 14th St and L st, asking to use my phone claiming his tent was on fire. When I declined he became very aggressive and threatened violence and followed me for a few blocks.

Nope. They don’t. Keep defending subtle racism (or not so subtle in this case).

From a policy standpoint, one attempts to draw awareness to systemic racism that categorizes Black boys from pre-k, and the other is just an insult based on the racial makeup of schools in a particular area. But do go on about how they’re the same.

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Exactly, we should just pass DC kids through. There’s no learning going on so what does it matter

Please. This stuff starts in the home

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Spending per pupil in DC is actually quite good and I'm sure the respective teachers would do quite well in other districted.

It's not the schools. It is the parents and local institutions.

I'm part Seneca I could be your SME haha

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If you removed the name and political party of the person that said it, the majority of the people on this sub wouldn’t know how to feel about it.