He believed that it was a serious civil - rights violation
for the city's
elite public
schools to use race - blind admissions standards, while his own
children attended exclusive
private schools where money, connections, and «culture» played a major role in the admissions process.
Was it resentment of WFS's arrogant director, Davis Guggenheim, who claimed he got the idea
for the movie by passing by a number of struggling public
schools while driving his
children to their
elite private school?