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5. Pct. Free or Reduced Lunch: 12.3% (= very low for an urban public school) = this is why class

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 05:57 PM

Feb 2013

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Black 7-Year-Old Genius Invents Mobile Video Game [View all] sheshe2 Feb 2013 OP

You know what bothers me of the story? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #1

+1 Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #11

" - and she's black." frogmarch Feb 2013 #2

exactly demwing Feb 2013 #16

But what color are her eyes? demwing Feb 2013 #4

Details are pertinent.... sheshe2 Feb 2013 #6

First, thanks for sharing the story-it was inspiring demwing Feb 2013 #7

Thank you, demwing, for clarifying... sheshe2 Feb 2013 #14

There's no reason to be suprised by either demwing Feb 2013 #18

+1 Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #10

She's a remarkable child, but ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #8

It's as if you moved all the furniture in your home into one room demwing Feb 2013 #19

Why is her race relevant? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #9

I would call it Black Pride... sheshe2 Feb 2013 #13

But the referrence to her gender was only incendental demwing Feb 2013 #17

Yeah, I get it. Completely. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #20

I agree, I have tried to retrain how I phrase things like that Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #15

no problem with the headline noiretextatique Feb 2013 #12