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The people to feel sorry for are the kids. Evanston is a very diverse community. Including lots of mixed ethnic/racial families. How are their kids supposed to act and choose their classes? Pick the lowest or highest on the oppression olympics ladder? If they choose one over another do they become "race traitors" to the other? Adults are the only one who can stop the insanity. Where are they?