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Anonymous
| PP: LOL That is funny!!! |
Anonymous
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"Vanilla white kids"???
Does it not strike ANYONE that the above sentiment is RACIST. Would I be able to say a chocolate black kid? A yellow Asian kid? This is ridiculous. |
Anonymous
Vanilla in that sense could mean ordinary, as in little diversity (foreign language, minority religion) not related to skin color. Though people have used the term chocolate to refer to brown people, in that sense it might be offensive. I am Mormon, and I think that I am not ordinary in this area. I would see myself as adding to diversity even as a white person. |
Anonymous
| Yes you would be able to say chocolate black kid if you were black, though there's probably a different term. Same with a yellow Asian kid, though again that doesn't sound quite right. Vanilla white might not be the best expression but it's not racist, particuarly coming from another white person. I think the OP was just trying to say these kids were white white - no drop of other blood in them. |
Anonymous
| "Plain vanilla" is used to describe everything that is ordinary. I just had a finance class where the prof. used the term "plain vanilla" to describe everything ordinary in financial markets. Let's get back to OP's point. |
Anonymous
i read "vanilla" to mean ordinary or plain not a reference to color. If the poster was referring to color, then yes I agree it would be racist. |
Anonymous
Just to be clear, I am the OP and I not write the "vanilla" white post. |
Anonymous
| would anyone say "plain vanilla black kids" if they were refering to regular ole plain black kids? What does that mean anyway?? What are "vanilla" white kids?? What are "vanilla" black kids? I was unaware that all white kids were the same and that all black kids were the same. On the surface I look like a vanilla white person - but I also speak 2 languages fluently and 2 more pretty well, I've lived in 3 countries and served in the Peace Corps. I am in no way VANILLA, though I may look it. Too bad we can't get past the fact that all white kids are the same.Sounds like racism to me. |
Anonymous
| Right, but you're not the one applying to prek. It's your child. And all this is off topic relative to the original poster's intent. |
Anonymous
| I am white and I wrote the pp about plain vanilla, I meant ordinary. I do think that there are ordinary African Americans. But ordinary means that the individual does not stand out...for whatever reason. Cool it. |
Anonymous
| The schools want families that can raise money for them - no matter the race/diversity/etc.. lets be honest here, they want to know what you (as parents) can bring to the school. If all points are equal with the kids and the applicants, it is about the parents and their purse strings |
Anonymous
Sorry to break it to you, but all non-white kids are "diversity candidates". Actually, I'm not sure why you're taking offense to it, as it can be a very positive thing in the admissions world. After siblings and alumni, there are very few spots and admissions offices would rather fill those with "diversity" applicants than white children. Put it this way: is it derogatory to label a "sibling candidate" or "alumni candidate"? It is what it is. If you're a silbing, you're a sibling candidate - if you're a minority, then you're a diversity candidate. |
Anonymous
| Not all diversity is equal. Assuming you had a group of children all from NCRC with 125 WPPSI scores from a nice family it would fall out like this: American Indian, Hispanic, Black, Asian, biracial (in the order mentioned above). |
Anonymous
| Why? |
Anonymous
| Supply and demand. |