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06.04.08, 10:30 AM General Topics
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Does G&T in NYC really mean White and Upper Middle Class? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:30 AM Flag
 

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General Topics 06.04.08, 10:31 AM Flag
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not this year - and not for citywide schools that are open to everyone in all 5 boroughs [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:32 AM Flag
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Have you looked at the neighborhood distribution of kids who qualified for G&T this year? It is by far predominantly represented by the white, UMC neighborhoods, e.g. UWS & UES. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:33 AM Flag
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yes. if you tested the kids in the suburbs they would all be G&T. It's just a way of keeping poor kids out [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:32 AM Flag
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no, they wouldn't all be G&T. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 12:30 PM Flag
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yup. specifically white, upper class gentrifiers who moved into a ghetto because they could afford to kick out the long-time residents but wouldn't dare send their dcs to school with them. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:32 AM Flag
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<< raising hand >>> That would be me. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:33 AM Flag
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me too! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:35 AM Flag
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My gentrification is going really swell! How's yours going? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:36 AM Flag
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pretty good. A little down right now with the housing crisis and all. It will come back though. A friend of mine said "now we are idiots. 6 years from now, we will be genius!" [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:40 AM Flag
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all I can think when I see ethis is gin and tonic [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:42 AM Flag
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Why do you ask? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:43 AM Flag
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funny - i thought gin & tonic and was momentarily confused by responses [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.04.08, 10:48 AM Flag
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