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All this talk about the cheerleaders being from richer areas is related to what's happening nationwide. Because you have to have a fair amount of money to pay for tumbling classes and maybe all-star cheer squads, many cheer squads only field girls whose families have money. My children's high school is 55% nonwhite but just about the only nonwhite members they've had for years have been my daughters. The kids who haven't been able to afford tumbling don't even try out any more, not even for the basketball cheer squad that doesn't even require tumbling.
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