I went to Washington 50 Years ago, so here's a bit of history, before the net gets wiped out an everything disappears.... In 1964 when I entered Washington was 75% Black or more- with 25 Whites and Others.
The Year Before was the Watts Riots so I bet in 1963, there were more Whites, but by the time I graduated, it was 80% or more black, Asians and Whites leaving.
In the Early 60's and Before it was a predominately White Working Class School.
My experience there was Excellent- I was a fairly good student. B's and Stuff, but probably smarter than most people, of course, that is my opinion :)
My friends were mostly black and some Asian, they were the creme de la creme. They all started out at better colleges than me and many had fine lives.
I was a blessed to go to this school because I did not have to deal with the bullshit of white people climbing over everyone back. As a white in a black environment, I would like and love the people and they did not criticize me for what I wore or this or that,- it's just him.
In those days we had manners, not like public school today and the timid teachers and principals who allow the kids to run over them, and thus are racist dogs whether they be black or white
I never saw anyone black or white disrespect a teacher or a principal- that's how it was in the bad old days- people treated each other with respect- blacks did not refer in negative ways to their white schoolmates or visa versa. That's how it was at Washington High in LA 1964-1967 read more