I don't want my kid to be the only white student . . .

[Anonymous]

If this really is at BASIS, talk with the administration -- they will SHUT THIS DOWN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you see this PP? Please take this seriously.

http://wapo.st/16LiQhJ

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-teen-pleads-guilty-to-raping-classmate-in-the-computer-lab-of-friendship-collegiate-academy/2013/03/21/c548f6ca-9223-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_story.html

Scary!

Wasn't this the same school in the news two years or a year ago where that little girl was sexually assaulted? I remembered the case of the security guard not showing a male stranger to the office and the security guard asked this girl to direct him. This stranger sexually assaulted this little girl in the school bathroom all because a lazy staff didn't conduct a check on this monster. What the Hell is going on with these schools? So, not only do we have to worry about racism and the anti-diversity crowd. Now we have to worry about our children being sexually assaulted.

The above mom who posted about the little boy talking about rape has an obligation to report this! Not only will you save your daughter's life, but you could save another child from being sexually assaulted. Report this before a child gets hurt. Rape is not a race issue. It's a criminal issue. If the school doesn't shut this down, then you need to contact the authorities. This is not a matter up for debate when a child's life could be in potential danger. That boy needs some psychiatric help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Count me as another person who in 40 years traveling to 5 totally different states has never heard a black person call a white person names like cracker or a white person call a black person names like nigger except in a book or TV. Middle income neighborhoods don't use these words from my observations. Each race has their exclusions, but not by name calling. You just hear things like "Yesterday my mom and I had our asian friends over for a party." FCPS high school I graduated at had senior superlatives with at least 1/4 black, 1/4 asian, and 1/2 white. Everyone seemed to get along well enough and still do. Maybe living in the suburbs wasn't so bad after all.

Really? I mean... Really? You don't even have old racist family members? Asian? That's "Oriental" to most people over the age of 70, IME.

I grew up in a (then) middle class neighborhood in DC. And I've heard it all. Maybe it'll be different for our kids. But, this thread makes me think not.

And from what I've seen from my teenage relative growing up in the VA burbs, the races are pretty much keeping to themselves out there, even now...

Travel in DC on the bus or metro when there are no parents around, you'll soon find out what the kids speak like and it not all sweetness and light people. Did you not read the spewing of racial hatred when Obama got elected, but if we are to believe everything that's posted here; white people do not make any racist comments only blacks in Washington, DC.

Racism tends to be more of a lower-class thing--rather than upper class. And that applies to the black community as well. You won't hear black bourgieoise refering to each other as "my n****". Meanwhile, there's a parent who comes to pick up their kid at my DCPS ES who pulls up at around 6 every night with the filthiest rap lyrics imaginable blaring out of their car window. Stay classy.

Racism goes way farther than name calling or the lyrics you play on your car radio. As the parent of an AA child, the damage that can be done to my child by a principal who subconsciously lowers her expectations for my son, or an employer who makes a decision to hire another teenager because he is reminded of his grandson, or the police officer that stopped my 13 year old at the metro yesterday because he "looked suspicious", is far greater than that here.

Racism is pervasive in our society, and the people who have the most power, the affluent whites, have the ability to do the most harm with it.

I agree with this, and in some ways, some of the subtle (subtle in the sense that they're not using the N word) racism on this thread is eye-opening. The poster who suggests that DC is getting less politically corrupt as it gentrifies because the voters are more 'astute' is pretty obnoxious. It implies that white voters are more 'astute'. Don't even get me started on the horrible politicians that have been put into office by the so-called more astute white voters. Geesh. And they wonder why the AA community doesn't welcome them with open arms!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this really is at BASIS, talk with the administration -- they will SHUT THIS DOWN.

I think someone got carried away with herself and assumed "BASIS" when she heard "new school" - but from the poster's description it does not at all sound like BASIS. BASIS is not the only "new" school in town.

[Anonymous]

There should be no screwing around with this. Threatening to rape someone or do any kind of physical harm to a person or their property is a crime, typically in the criminal code under "terroristic threat" provisions. If it's not sorted out ASAP, that's a kid that one way or another will be headed into the penal system.

[Anonymous]

I want a school to have the gonads to say that they don't want lone white child. Just say it, what is gonna happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want a school to have the gonads to say that they don't want lone white child. Just say it, what is gonna happen?

Give it a rest with this dumb sh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this really is at BASIS, talk with the administration -- they will SHUT THIS DOWN.

I think someone got carried away with herself and assumed "BASIS" when she heard "new school" - but from the poster's description it does not at all sound like BASIS. BASIS is not the only "new" school in town.

Proof: [/b] She is in 6th grade at a new school. Most of the kids come from very poor neighborhoods with social problems, and she lives in a very wealthy neighborhood. There are also a few[b] white high SES kids in her class but they are not her friends.
What other new Charter school has open with a 6th garde class and HIGH SES white children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this really is at BASIS, talk with the administration -- they will SHUT THIS DOWN.

I think someone got carried away with herself and assumed "BASIS" when she heard "new school" - but from the poster's description it does not at all sound like BASIS. BASIS is not the only "new" school in town.

Proof: [/b] She is in 6th grade at a new school. Most of the kids come from very poor neighborhoods with social problems, and she lives in a very wealthy neighborhood. There are also a few[b] white high SES kids in her class but they are not her friends.
What other new Charter school has open with a 6th garde class and HIGH SES white children?

PP said "most of the kids come from very poor neighborhoods with social problems" - is that true of Basis? I would have thought their FARMS numbers looked more like Latin's, i.e., much lower.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this really is at BASIS, talk with the administration -- they will SHUT THIS DOWN.

I think someone got carried away with herself and assumed "BASIS" when she heard "new school" - but from the poster's description it does not at all sound like BASIS. BASIS is not the only "new" school in town.

Proof: [/b] She is in 6th grade at a new school. Most of the kids come from very poor neighborhoods with social problems, and she lives in a very wealthy neighborhood. There are also a few[b] white high SES kids in her class but they are not her friends.
What other new Charter school has open with a 6th garde class and HIGH SES white children?

The poster said her child was in a "new school" which could also mean that the school was new to that particular child in that they changed schools. Way to go with making assumptions.

No matter what school it is, the pp should definitely report this to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this really is at BASIS, talk with the administration -- they will SHUT THIS DOWN.

I think someone got carried away with herself and assumed "BASIS" when she heard "new school" - but from the poster's description it does not at all sound like BASIS. BASIS is not the only "new" school in town.

Proof: [/b] She is in 6th grade at a new school. Most of the kids come from very poor neighborhoods with social problems, and she lives in a very wealthy neighborhood. There are also a few[b] white high SES kids in her class but they are not her friends.
What other new Charter school has open with a 6th garde class and HIGH SES white children?

The poster said her child was in a "new school" which could also mean that the school was new to that particular child in that they changed schools. Way to go with making assumptions.



No matter what school it is, the pp should definitely report this to the school.

CWC here. Sorry, English is not my first language. The school is new to my daughter, not new. It is not a charter school which is why I said it was important to us - it feeds into the high school we want, and we have a younger child so removing her is not an option we want to consider.

THE SCHOOL IS NOT BASIS OR LATIN.

I guess I did a really good job of hiding who we are and where she is but these school should not be mixed up in this. 6th grade is the new school year for most of us now right?

But please do not now start guessing other schools because you will get closer and obviously we have to deal with this. So it would be better for my family if this part of the discussion just stopped now.

I guess I should have said this was not my country. The posts about the dispora and variety of cultures within the community and the filthy rap lyrics was why I asked on this thread in case there was something I was missing - as people have said, there are many different cultures in the aA community, and at our school before this there was only one. We did not belong naturally to that one either but again my daughter gets along well with many people.

THANK YOU to everyone who responded sincerely. I am going to take your advice, alhough honestly I am now more scared becaise it sounds to me like you think the boy might be dangerous.

At our old school that would not have crossed my mind, just maybe that he had problems. And I knew most of the parents. This is a new school and we do not know many people. We also do not feel like we know the head. The reason I did not talk to my friends is I did not want to hurt the boy if it was nothing and have others thinking badly about the school because the more mix we get the better. I am only sorry that people started guessing it was Latin or Basis because they sound like very good schools. But it is obvious we could not get in to them in 7th grade. I never even heard about Basis last year.

Ok. So we will report. Again thank you. And I apologise because this really was a questiion of culture, not race. But so many here seem to see race where I see culture I thought it was the right place to ask. I feeel stupid and scared. Wish us luck and please continue with this discussion because it is mostly all things I never knew and I'm sure I am not alone.

Thank you,
clueless white chich

[Anonymous]

Best of luck to you; it sounds like a difficult situation.

[Anonymous]

CWC,

I wish you the best of luck and I hope that this ordeal gets resolved. As a mom of biracial children, I value dversity within my children's school as well. However, I do not want them to be place in danger all for the sake of diversity either. Know that the behavior of this little boy is not cultural. It appears that he has a mental issue and needs help.

Also, anyone with brown skin is assume to be black or African American here in America. Since America is a racially obssess country people often mistake Haitians, Afro-Latinos (like Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Brazilians, Dominicans, etc., West Indians, Africans, and others into the African American or black American box. Not realizing that cultural we're not all the same. Also, amongst blacks here in America there are so many cultures in regards to religion, socio-economic status, food, customs, family structure, education, language, etc. People who make up the African Diaspora are very diverse and culturally different in so many ways. Just don't allow your openness to diversity to overshadow negative behaviors that you see present at your child's school or assume that any negative behavior is culturally acceptable because it's not.

I think you're doing the right thing by reporting this issue. I know that you want what is best for your daughter. Hopefully, the school addresses the problem.

Best Wishes To You!

[Anonymous]

14:01, I don't think it's at all valid to generalize and make those statements that one should "assume" that anyone who is not of color would lump everyone with brown skin together indiscriminately and that diversity within people of color is not recognized by anyone outside of that group - any more than it would be to suggest there is no cultural, economic, societal, or other forms of diversity within whites, or asians, or latinos. Please, let's not insult each others' intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14:01, I don't think it's at all valid to generalize and make those statements that one should "assume" that anyone who is not of color would lump everyone with brown skin together indiscriminately and that diversity within people of color is not recognized by anyone outside of that group - any more than it would be to suggest there is no cultural, economic, societal, or other forms of diversity within whites, or asians, or latinos. Please, let's not insult each others' intelligence.

Of course there is diversity amongst whites, Latinos, and Asians. I never said that it wasn't. Nor will I deny an individual of their cultural diversity. I'm a member of a multiracial family and the last person on earth to not accept diversity. I have nothing to gain by being exclusive against any group of people. Stop being so presumptious by assuming that you know what I'm thinking. However, the topic with CWC mom was black culture and was the behavior of the children (particularly the little boy) at her daughter's school a cultural norm. She was told to report this incident because this wasn't something that blacks accept as their culture. In America people do assume that people of color are a monolithic group and have a list of stereotypes to go alone with their thoughts. Even some of the comments on this thread proves how some whites in DC view black people. Not understanding that not all black people behave in the same manner. It's these types of misconceptions which gets black people angry because instead of looking at that person as an individual they lump all black people into one box. Do you know how many times I have to enlighten folks about the misconceptions of black people on a weekly basis? Being an Afro-Latina I get asked some very presumptious and often times insulting questions by whites due to their own personal prejudices about black people. Please don't jump to conclusions or insult my intelligence because I and many people of color have to live with this reality. Let's not pretend that our society (Washington DC included) doesn't possess assumptions, stereotypes, and misconceptions about people of color especially blacks. The reality is that society does accept the diversity amongst whites. However, black people are not granted that same type of acceptance.