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To: JohnM who wrote (260714)	9/17/2014 2:35:49 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543351

John, I'd have to disagree with your suggestion that public schools in the south are "underfunded". Property taxes here are the main source of funding. White families who have put their children into private schools are still paying property taxes even tho their children are not using the public schools. Affluent whites are fairly sanguine about this. Probably because they would seek out private schooling regardless of the unrest in public schools. There is, however, growing resentment among middle class whites who feel they are being forced to take on the cost of private schooling because of the behavior and inadequacies of minority children (black AND hispanic....the South is now the first true tri-racial part of the county according to study by UCLA). At the same time, these middle class whites are paying the lion's share of property taxes because home ownership is lower among black and hispanic minorities. It's a conundrum, a catch-22 perhaps. But it's felt by whites to be unfair and is contributing to what could be a growing form of racism based on fear and resentment. At least that's my sense of things based on what I'm hearing from friends in the southern half of Arkansas. Where I live, public schooling is more than adequate and private schools are almost non-existent....2 small religious schools to be precise. Minorities are well-assimilated and dispersed all around, i.e. no 'black' or 'hispanic' neighborhoods. One can live in any section of town and find their local school is equal to any other. The contrast is amazing. But it's simply the result of demographics.