Monday, March 30, 2020

Elizabeth Hill: Going to a Black School Made Me Proud to Be White


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Seattle Classroom

This is part of our continuing series of accounts by readers of how they shed the illusions of liberalism and became race realists.
I grew up in a rough area of New York City, rife with crime and “diversity.” As a child, my parents were so concerned for my safety, I wasn’t allowed to play outside at all — not only was I white, but a girl too. When it came time for me to start school, my parents wouldn’t even consider sending me to any of the local public schools, but our family wasn’t rich, so our options were limited. Eventually, they found a Catholic school that was relatively affordable, and made an effort to accommodate poorer students — which, unfortunately, eventually attracted non-whites to it. ...