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scheming daemons

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12. if he simply said "suburban parents", he would've been right

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 03:03 PM

Nov 2013

Suburban parents do have a hard time believing their children aren't as brilliant as they thought.

I am one.

Singling out race and gender was incredibly stupid.

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Duncan regrets 'white suburban moms' comment [View all] The Straight Story Nov 2013 OP

And we regret Duncan. Scuba Nov 2013 #1

too bad Obama doesn't. liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #11

Not the first comment he has that is disturbing. Mass Nov 2013 #2

He should regret it. It was a really stupid thing to say. yardwork Nov 2013 #3

Go back to Wall Street, they like grifters there. nt bemildred Nov 2013 #4

Aside from how it plays - cilla4progress Nov 2013 #5

Whether "white" suburbanites feel better about their schools than black suburbanites? Bandit Nov 2013 #7

But it's not ALL white suburbanites, it's just the Moms according to Duncan Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #8

They always regret it when they accidentally utter the truth of how much Nay Nov 2013 #6

His comments had elements of race, class and gender, he blames 'Moms' not parents Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #9

He implies that no black mom thinks her kid is smart or that her school is good. Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #10

if he simply said "suburban parents", he would've been right scheming daemons Nov 2013 #12

Not all of us are that way. Some of us recognize that our children are individuals that have liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #13