The current white population of Boston public schools is 14%. I assume that with the decline of the white middle class in the city, the quality of the schools has gone down. Whatever one's color, I assume this black family whose parents attended primarily white public schools while growing up, found the quality of the schools better than they are now. So they are willing to move to a white area so their children can get a better education. Hence the comment, "“I think, ‘I did it, my kids can do it.’”
Thanks for the insight. Now I get it.
It strikes me as odd that people wake up worrying about such nonsense every day. Obviously though, I can’t put myself in their shoes.
It’ll be a nice day when people no longer think in such a way.