Do you support greater integration in your child's school and classroom?

[Anonymous]

yes, you're racist.

[Anonymous]

OP, I am confused. Is your child’s school mostly white/asian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I am confused. Is your child’s school mostly white/asian?

I'm confused too -- first post said school was mostly white/asian. Later post said its integrated. ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here: I've observed that very few people on these threads are supportive when their school is being rezoned to include more diversity.
I live in an integrated neighborhood and send my kids to integrated schools (more than just a token or two). Even our close biracial friends, who come over once a week, are struggling with these issues as the kids get older and their daughter is exposed to aggression from some girls who consider her uppity because she has a white boyfriend. I'm reassessing what to do about high school, as are they.
I'd say my life is far more diverse already than those who are calling me a racist.

Pro tip: if you have to bring up your black/minority friend to prove you're not a racist... youre racist!

[Anonymous]

My child is black and goes to a majority black Elem school. I think this is great for her. If you look at just skin color you see brown skin. If you actually interact with these kids though or their families you find there is so much more. Different countries, different languages spoken, different religious beliefs. Look beyond the brown and see everyone for how different they are.

[Anonymous]

Racial and SES diversity? Sure. Skill level integyration? In theory, yes. However, I’ve noticed that the special ed, ESL, and kids with behavioral issues take away a lot of the resources and attention at school. I feel like the regular ED kids get screwed in the process. So mainstreaming might help these kids but hurts regular kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't say I support further attempts at integration of my mostly white/asian school but I don't consider myself a racist. I'm struggling with my feelings on this issue and would like to hear from others.
Try to address this as if you own child's classroom were directly affected, with at least 13 to 14 percent minority enrollment, reflecting national proportions.

You may not consider yourself a racist, but that is a racist attitude for sure. You don't want students who are not white or Asian in your child's school. Why is that? Unpack your concerns and examine why you hold the beliefs that you do. Are you concerned that Latino kids aren't as smart as your kid? Are you concerned that Black kids are badly behaved? Those are stereotypes that are both harmful and untrue.

Most of the rich liberals in this area feel this way.

They surround themselves with people just like themselves, with little diversity of thought, politics, (lack of) religion, race and socioeconomic difference, and fight like dogs to prevent any rezoning that brings the undesirables into their neighborhood schools.

[Anonymous]

As someone above said, I am not opposed to integration, but I am opposed to certain means of integration. My middle child goes to a high school that is about 50% minority - black and Hispanic, we chose that school and obviously I have no issues with the racial composition of the school. My oldest child graduated from a magnet school that was majority Asian, there are currently some proposals to “fix” that, and I vehemently oppose them. For the record, we are a white family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't say I support further attempts at integration of my mostly white/asian school but I don't consider myself a racist. I'm struggling with my feelings on this issue and would like to hear from others.
Try to address this as if you own child's classroom were directly affected, with at least 13 to 14 percent minority enrollment, reflecting national proportions.

You may not consider yourself a racist, but that is a racist attitude for sure. You don't want students who are not white or Asian in your child's school. Why is that? Unpack your concerns and examine why you hold the beliefs that you do. Are you concerned that Latino kids aren't as smart as your kid? Are you concerned that Black kids are badly behaved? Those are stereotypes that are both harmful and untrue.

Most of the rich liberals in this area feel this way.

They surround themselves with people just like themselves, with little diversity of thought, politics, (lack of) religion, race and socioeconomic difference, and fight like dogs to prevent any rezoning that brings the undesirables into their neighborhood schools.

In my experience rich conservatives also feel this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't say I support further attempts at integration of my mostly white/asian school but I don't consider myself a racist. I'm struggling with my feelings on this issue and would like to hear from others.
Try to address this as if you own child's classroom were directly affected, with at least 13 to 14 percent minority enrollment, reflecting national proportions.

You may not consider yourself a racist, but that is a racist attitude for sure. You don't want students who are not white or Asian in your child's school. Why is that? Unpack your concerns and examine why you hold the beliefs that you do. Are you concerned that Latino kids aren't as smart as your kid? Are you concerned that Black kids are badly behaved? Those are stereotypes that are both harmful and untrue.

Most of the rich liberals in this area feel this way.

They surround themselves with people just like themselves, with little diversity of thought, politics, (lack of) religion, race and socioeconomic difference, and fight like dogs to prevent any rezoning that brings the undesirables into their neighborhood schools.

In my experience rich conservatives also feel this way.

The difference is that they aren't hypocrites about it. Conservatives outright state their thoughts up front.

[Anonymous]

I support integration but unfortunately it looks like bussing in most places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't say I support further attempts at integration of my mostly white/asian school but I don't consider myself a racist. I'm struggling with my feelings on this issue and would like to hear from others.
Try to address this as if you own child's classroom were directly affected, with at least 13 to 14 percent minority enrollment, reflecting national proportions.

You may not consider yourself a racist, but that is a racist attitude for sure. You don't want students who are not white or Asian in your child's school. Why is that? Unpack your concerns and examine why you hold the beliefs that you do. Are you concerned that Latino kids aren't as smart as your kid? Are you concerned that Black kids are badly behaved? Those are stereotypes that are both harmful and untrue.

Most of the rich liberals in this area feel this way.

They surround themselves with people just like themselves, with little diversity of thought, politics, (lack of) religion, race and socioeconomic difference, and fight like dogs to prevent any rezoning that brings the undesirables into their neighborhood schools.

In my experience rich conservatives also feel this way.

The difference is that they aren't hypocrites about it. Conservatives outright state their thoughts up front.

Not sure that being openly racist is better than being quietly racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Racial and SES diversity? Sure. Skill level integyration? In theory, yes. However, I’ve noticed that the special ed, ESL, and kids with behavioral issues take away a lot of the resources and attention at school. I feel like the regular ED kids get screwed in the process. So mainstreaming might help these kids but hurts regular kids.

Yeah, my HFA kid is really screwing your kid over.

[Anonymous]

My white kid goes to a school that is 70% Black and Latino kids, and slightly over half low-income families. We like the school and my daughter is having a good experience.

[Anonymous]

I absolutely do. But . . . not enough to support busing. I don't think any child, regardless of race or socioeconomic class, is served by having to wake up earlier to take a longer bus ride to school or getting home later due to the bus ride. Kids already don't get enough sleep, and it's a real health issue. Tired kids don't learn as well. We should make every effort to send our kids to the closest schools possible.