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WhiskeyGrinder

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7. I read an article years ago about good liberal white parents who wanted their kids to be in a "multicultural" school

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Mon Nov 25, 2024, 11:14 AM

Nov 2024

environment but there was a specific percentage where the parents felt the mix was "too diverse" and it was about half of what the actual minority population of the neighborhood was.

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