Attending a majority Asian school when you are not Asian, what has been your experience?

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Anonymous wrote:None of the PPs could actually explain. White privilege means white majority is not a problem for non-white minorities?...

Right! Non-white people going to a majority-white school = normal. White people going to a majority non-white school = help! how do I deal with this weird situation?!

And I'm particularly impressed with the idea that everything will be inclusive and culturally-sensitive at a majority-white school, because that's how white people have been taught to be, but who knows what those non-white people have been taught.

Regardless if Caucasians are inclusive or not (Which isn't even the topic), what is the experience with Asian majorities? There are plenty of threads discussing the inclusive or non-inclusive nature of Caucasians.

Asia is a big continent with lots of different cultures. Also, many people the school classifies as "Asian" were born in the US. There is no Asian monolith. So how is it even possible to answer this question coherently? It's like asking, "What is European food like?" or "What language do people speak in Africa?".

Let's say majority Indian or majority korean.

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Well I think it is a valid question. Some asian immigrant populations are very inclusive to their own, not to outsiders. Flame away but I am white married to a chinese american and the families are very judgmental of anyone nonchinese. My best friend is korean, same thing. Kids not so much but the parents yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Well I think it is a valid question. Some asian immigrant populations are very inclusive to their own, not to outsiders. Flame away but I am white married to a chinese american and the families are very judgmental of anyone nonchinese. My best friend is korean, same thing. Kids not so much but the parents yes.

And this is a quality unique to immigrant groups from Asia?

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My white child goes to a high school that is 60+% Asian- various nationalities represented, mainly Korean, Indian, and Chinese. There are some Hispanic and African-American kids, but the percentages are very low. Kids tend to be pretty mixed in their friendships. My own child has friends with a variety of different backgrounds.
I agree with previous posters that the level at which a child is comfortable with speaking English affects friendships more than nationality. A number of kids at my child's school are more recent immigrants who speak English in the classroom but only their native language out in the halls. Those kids tend to be friends mainly with other speakers of their own language.

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Nothing wrong this question. I am a minority and I feel completely comfortable asking other members of the same minority what their experience has been like in a particular setting.

This is a question that white people are going to have to get used to asking as they lose the privilege of always being in the majority. They certainly shouldn't be chastised for it.

[Anonymous]

Asian here. It will depend largely on recent immigrants vs non-recent. Like any recent immigrants, they tend to stick to their own.

OP - maybe you can find out more about the PTA involvement from the school.

[Anonymous]

OP you should keep in mind that Asian is just a U.S. Census category and real people usually don't identify themselves as such. They identify more as Indian or Chinese or Japanese or whatever. So I wouldn't assume that all the "Asian" parents would necessarily all be friends with eachother.

If it's majority, say, Chinese, that's different from the school being a mix of Indian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.

Where are you by the way? San Francisco Bay Area? I don't know of any schools in our area that are majority Asian. There are a few where the is a high percentage like 20-30 but I haven't heard of any where it's 50+%.

[Anonymous]

Our school is majority Asian - and most of that is South Asian. At the risk of being flamed - I would say that the South Asian kids do tend to stick together and aren't as inclusive as I would have hoped. That is not to say that my child (SE Asian by the way) does not interact with them at school - just that there is no social interaction outside of school.

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I'm 8:45 from above. My child's school is majority Asian and we are in northern Virginia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the PPs could actually explain. White privilege means white majority is not a problem for non-white minorities?...

Right! Non-white people going to a majority-white school = normal. White people going to a majority non-white school = help! how do I deal with this weird situation?!

And I'm particularly impressed with the idea that everything will be inclusive and culturally-sensitive at a majority-white school, because that's how white people have been taught to be, but who knows what those non-white people have been taught.

Regardless if Caucasians are inclusive or not (Which isn't even the topic), what is the experience with Asian majorities? There are plenty of threads discussing the inclusive or non-inclusive nature of Caucasians.

Asia is a big continent with lots of different cultures. Also, many people the school classifies as "Asian" were born in the US. There is no Asian monolith. So how is it even possible to answer this question coherently? It's like asking, "What is European food like?" or "What language do people speak in Africa?".

Let's say majority Indian or majority korean.

They have not gotten the "inclusive" memo. Or don't care if they did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school is majority Asian - and most of that is South Asian. At the risk of being flamed - I would say that the South Asian kids do tend to stick together and aren't as inclusive as I would have hoped. That is not to say that my child (SE Asian by the way) does not interact with them at school - just that there is no social interaction outside of school.

not all? hard to believe. what about soccer or baseball teams? or birthday parties?

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Anonymous wrote:Our school is majority Asian - and most of that is South Asian. At the risk of being flamed - I would say that the South Asian kids do tend to stick together and aren't as inclusive as I would have hoped. That is not to say that my child (SE Asian by the way) does not interact with them at school - just that there is no social interaction outside of school.

not all? hard to believe. what about soccer or baseball teams? or birthday parties?

We haven't been invited to any of the South Asian kid's birthday parties - but at other parties - the kids all play together. This may be just our experience - I'm sure other people have had different experiences at our school. We are still in the early grades.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the PPs could actually explain. White privilege means white majority is not a problem for non-white minorities?...

Right! Non-white people going to a majority-white school = normal. White people going to a majority non-white school = help! how do I deal with this weird situation?!

And I'm particularly impressed with the idea that everything will be inclusive and culturally-sensitive at a majority-white school, because that's how white people have been taught to be, but who knows what those non-white people have been taught.

I heart you pp!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the PPs could actually explain. White privilege means white majority is not a problem for non-white minorities?...

Right! Non-white people going to a majority-white school = normal. White people going to a majority non-white school = help! how do I deal with this weird situation?!

And I'm particularly impressed with the idea that everything will be inclusive and culturally-sensitive at a majority-white school, because that's how white people have been taught to be, but who knows what those non-white people have been taught.

Regardless if Caucasians are inclusive or not (Which isn't even the topic), what is the experience with Asian majorities? There are plenty of threads discussing the inclusive or non-inclusive nature of Caucasians.

You do realize that Asia is a continent made up of various countries and cultures -- you do get that right?
So I doubt anyone can tell anyone else how "Asians" treat white folk.
SMMFH!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong this question. I am a minority and I feel completely comfortable asking other members of the same minority what their experience has been like in a particular setting.

This is a question that white people are going to have to get used to asking as they lose the privilege of always being in the majority. They certainly shouldn't be chastised for it.

It was HOW the question was asked. It assumed that there is a group of people called "Asians", it assumed that all of these "Asians" act the same. Now I assume that OP is a bit tone deaf and not used to being people of various backgrounds, a fact which is going to influence her kid's experience way more than the demographic of the school population.