Saturday, January 13, 2007
And They Ran! They Ran So Far Away!
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
White People's Code Phrase of the Week: "We moved out here for the schools".
Last Week's Code Phrase: "We value a Christian education".W
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Springfield, Illinois' White Flight Schools
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Sacred Heart Griffin
White 95%
Black 2%
Hispanic 1%
Asian 1%
American Indian 1%
Source NCES (2003-2004)
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Chatham Glenwood
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White 95%
Asian 2%
Black 2%
Hispanic 1%
American Indian 1%
Source NCES (2003-2004)
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Pleasant Plains High School - 1st Place!
White 98%
Multiracial/Ethnic 2%
Asian <1%
Black <1%
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Lutheran High School
White 96%
Black 2%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%
Source: NCES 2003-2004
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Ursuline High School
White 96%
Black 4%
Hispanic 1%
Source: NCES 2003-2004.
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Calvary Academy
White 63%
Black 26%
Asian 10%
Hispanic <1%
Source: NCES 2003-2004c
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State Average
White 57%
Asian 4%
Black 20%
Hispanic 18%
Indian 1%
IL State Board of Education (2004-2005)
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In an attempt to avoid white panic I have hidden state averages in white fonts. Use your mouse to select the hidden text above this paragraph, and reveal how much whiter your child's Springfield, Illinois area high school is compared with the Illinois state average.
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NCES Table - America Less White Than Springfield's White Flight Schools
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Parents of children attending schools listed above take heart, for while there are non white children attending your children's high school, there's little mixing with the lower classes.
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Calvary Academy appears to be the most racially diverse "white flight" school in the Springfield, Illinois area, but it also has the highest tuition of any school in Springfield...
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Learn More About White Flight Here..
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Video under copyright (not mine) Flock of Seagulls.
I know a place
ReplyDeleteain't nobody worried
ain't nobody crying
ain't no smiling faces
lying to the races
I'll take you there
oops missed a word
ReplyDeleteno lying to the races
Yep. That pretty much says it. Good post.
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