Racial issues in DCPS for mixed race kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

I don't know what race you are, but you're altogether nasty and presumptuous. I hope you're right though, that blacks give two .... about biracials. They really shouldn't. They should just leave them be. That's all biracials want to begin with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Wow! You're insecurities are showing. We both know that if AAs didn't give two .... you wouldn't have biracials begging to be left alone. You're just so jealous of them it makes your blood boil to hear the conversation. You're talking about how unimportant they are, which is just projecting your low-esteem and image. You're unimportant and you know it. That's not biracials people's fault. Instead of coming on here, go to a therapist. They can help you better than we can.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd recommend looking into Eaton. It has a lot of diversity, both racially & socio-economically, & very strong academics. We are a biracial family & have found it to be a warm, welcoming & inclusive environment.

I agree with this. As a mixed race family, the first thing I would look at, considering any school, is the demographic profile. No way I would send my kids to predominantly black school. Eaton's demographics mirror as closely as we would like to find for our family. If you look at DCPS you can compare school profile pages easily. If you do want a demographic profile that is not 80%+ white don't even bother looking at Janney, Key, Lafayette, Murch, or Mann.

Are you mixed raced? So whats the difference between a majority black school and a majority white one? Are black people an evil group of people or something? My goodness the racism and ignorance directed toward blacks in this thread is an eye opener. I'm not mad though I like hearing what "others" really think about my race no matter how ignorant. It lets me and my family know what the read deal is

Stop being so dramatic. This thread is discussing the hardships biracial children face if they choose to be labeled as biracial versus one race. There has been criticism aimed at AAs who make the self-determination of biracial children difficult. This BS about what "others" think, etc.. is over the top. What "others" think is that AAs should be a part of solution for biracial children by allowing and encouraging them to self-identify as biracial. Get a grip.

I'm biracial and just want to add that "encouragement" one way or the other is not necessary. Some biracial ppl like to identify as black and that's okay, too. I think being part of the solution is to live and let live; no need for anyone (except maybe kid's own family if they want to impart their own values on the subject) to be an advocate one way or the other.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Wow! You're insecurities are showing. We both know that if AAs didn't give two .... you wouldn't have biracials begging to be left alone. You're just so jealous of them it makes your blood boil to hear the conversation. You're talking about how unimportant they are, which is just projecting your low-esteem and image. You're unimportant and you know it. That's not biracials people's fault. Instead of coming on here, go to a therapist. They can help you better than we can.

What exactly are they insecure about? I'm curious to know? You claim blacks need to somehow leave biracial people alone. She posted that the majority of blacks do leave them alone, and could care less...and now ur mad that the poster is agreeing with you? LAMO. Seems like a group of people looking for "attention"...or wanting people to "fawn" over them and now are made because the poster explained that now one is interested in fawning of them. You seem like the person who WANTS someone to invite them to the party so you can REJECT the invitation...but gets highly upset when the invitation never comes. You weren't gonna go to the party anyways but ur made because u didn't get the chance to throw your nose up at being invited

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Wow! You're insecurities are showing. We both know that if AAs didn't give two .... you wouldn't have biracials begging to be left alone. You're just so jealous of them it makes your blood boil to hear the conversation. You're talking about how unimportant they are, which is just projecting your low-esteem and image. You're unimportant and you know it. That's not biracials people's fault. Instead of coming on here, go to a therapist. They can help you better than we can.

I am biracial in case you couldn't tell from the post. My husband is AA and some of my friends are as well. Sorry to tell you, but the topic of how biracials choose to identify has never come up at the dinner table.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd recommend looking into Eaton. It has a lot of diversity, both racially & socio-economically, & very strong academics. We are a biracial family & have found it to be a warm, welcoming & inclusive environment.

I agree with this. As a mixed race family, the first thing I would look at, considering any school, is the demographic profile. No way I would send my kids to predominantly black school. Eaton's demographics mirror as closely as we would like to find for our family. If you look at DCPS you can compare school profile pages easily. If you do want a demographic profile that is not 80%+ white don't even bother looking at Janney, Key, Lafayette, Murch, or Mann.

Are you mixed raced? So whats the difference between a majority black school and a majority white one? Are black people an evil group of people or something? My goodness the racism and ignorance directed toward blacks in this thread is an eye opener. I'm not mad though I like hearing what "others" really think about my race no matter how ignorant. It lets me and my family know what the read deal is

Stop being so dramatic. This thread is discussing the hardships biracial children face if they choose to be labeled as biracial versus one race. There has been criticism aimed at AAs who make the self-determination of biracial children difficult. This BS about what "others" think, etc.. is over the top. What "others" think is that AAs should be a part of solution for biracial children by allowing and encouraging them to self-identify as biracial. Get a grip.

Not being dramatic just being honest...I def would not want my kids around the Biracial posters in this THREAD....peoples ignorance and hate spill over to the kids, there have been nothing but attacks on AA in this thread and if their attitude is the same at home trust me it spills over to the kids, and thats not something I would want my kids exposed to. I have family members who live around "others" in high income area and their kids have come back and reported ugly racist things said to them at sleep overs and play dates by other kids taught in their homes. BLACK parents have to be extra caution of that...now I know that caution extends to biracial people as well...trust me i'm not mad you people are non factor but its just good to know so I can keep an eye out. Chow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Maybe you don't know that many black ppl then. You certainly don't know everyone so stop acting like you do.

I think, however, that it is important to acknowledge your point that you feel that some biracial ppl "turn their noses up" at black people. There is no doubt someone somewhere who does do that. In general, "colorism" can be a problem within the AA community -- the lighter you are, the "better" and I'm sure some light-skinned blacks and/or biracials somewhere are guilty of internalizing that kind of white supremacy (see paper bag test for historical example). I'm sorry if you've experienced that but not everyone is like that. And that's not the only thing going on for many black/white biracials who don't want to identify as black. Often they just identify with both their parent's backgrounds and want to acknowledge that.

[Anonymous]

"Chow"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Wow! You're insecurities are showing. We both know that if AAs didn't give two .... you wouldn't have biracials begging to be left alone. You're just so jealous of them it makes your blood boil to hear the conversation. You're talking about how unimportant they are, which is just projecting your low-esteem and image. You're unimportant and you know it. That's not biracials people's fault. Instead of coming on here, go to a therapist. They can help you better than we can.

What exactly are they insecure about? I'm curious to know? You claim blacks need to somehow leave biracial people alone. She posted that the majority of blacks do leave them alone, and could care less...and now ur mad that the poster is agreeing with you? LAMO. Seems like a group of people looking for "attention"...or wanting people to "fawn" over them and now are made because the poster explained that now one is interested in fawning of them. You seem like the person who WANTS someone to invite them to the party so you can REJECT the invitation...but gets highly upset when the invitation never comes. You weren't gonna go to the party anyways but ur made because u didn't get the chance to throw your nose up at being invited

Another cry for help on DCUM. Lady, no one wants to go to your party. Your plain crazy- not a difficult feat on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd recommend looking into Eaton. It has a lot of diversity, both racially & socio-economically, & very strong academics. We are a biracial family & have found it to be a warm, welcoming & inclusive environment.

I agree with this. As a mixed race family, the first thing I would look at, considering any school, is the demographic profile. No way I would send my kids to predominantly black school. Eaton's demographics mirror as closely as we would like to find for our family. If you look at DCPS you can compare school profile pages easily. If you do want a demographic profile that is not 80%+ white don't even bother looking at Janney, Key, Lafayette, Murch, or Mann.

Are you mixed raced? So whats the difference between a majority black school and a majority white one? Are black people an evil group of people or something? My goodness the racism and ignorance directed toward blacks in this thread is an eye opener. I'm not mad though I like hearing what "others" really think about my race no matter how ignorant. It lets me and my family know what the read deal is

Stop being so dramatic. This thread is discussing the hardships biracial children face if they choose to be labeled as biracial versus one race. There has been criticism aimed at AAs who make the self-determination of biracial children difficult. This BS about what "others" think, etc.. is over the top. What "others" think is that AAs should be a part of solution for biracial children by allowing and encouraging them to self-identify as biracial. Get a grip.

Not being dramatic just being honest...I def would not want my kids around the Biracial posters in this THREAD....peoples ignorance and hate spill over to the kids, there have been nothing but attacks on AA in this thread and if their attitude is the same at home trust me it spills over to the kids, and thats not something I would want my kids exposed to. I have family members who live around "others" in high income area and their kids have come back and reported ugly racist things said to them at sleep overs and play dates by other kids taught in their homes. BLACK parents have to be extra caution of that...now I know that caution extends to biracial people as well...trust me i'm not mad you people are non factor but its just good to know so I can keep an eye out. Chow

Honey, your kids' problem is YOU! Biracial kids aren't your problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Chow"

LOL. I usually hate when ppl point out the spelling/grammar errors on DCUM, being of the view that ppl are typing fast, on phones, and who really cares. But that was just funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Maybe you don't know that many black ppl then. You certainly don't know everyone so stop acting like you do.

I think, however, that it is important to acknowledge your point that you feel that some biracial ppl "turn their noses up" at black people. There is no doubt someone somewhere who does do that. In general, "colorism" can be a problem within the AA community -- the lighter you are, the "better" and I'm sure some light-skinned blacks and/or biracials somewhere are guilty of internalizing that kind of white supremacy (see paper bag test for historical example). I'm sorry if you've experienced that but not everyone is like that. And that's not the only thing going on for many black/white biracials who don't want to identify as black. Often they just identify with both their parent's backgrounds and want to acknowledge that.

So once again, it's ok for you to generalize AAs but that poster's comment shouldn't be assumed as true for most biracial people. Gotcha

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Maybe you don't know that many black ppl then. You certainly don't know everyone so stop acting like you do.

I think, however, that it is important to acknowledge your point that you feel that some biracial ppl "turn their noses up" at black people. There is no doubt someone somewhere who does do that. In general, "colorism" can be a problem within the AA community -- the lighter you are, the "better" and I'm sure some light-skinned blacks and/or biracials somewhere are guilty of internalizing that kind of white supremacy (see paper bag test for historical example). I'm sorry if you've experienced that but not everyone is like that. And that's not the only thing going on for many black/white biracials who don't want to identify as black. Often they just identify with both their parent's backgrounds and want to acknowledge that.
This. That clearly infuriates AAs. Hope that can change. Wanting to be identified as biracial has given the insecure AAs/Biracials on this thread pause to suggest that biracials are turning up their noses, etc... Biracials can't win in this scenario. If I want to be known as biracial I'm some kind of snob. What a joke. The black community has a lot of work to do to rid themselves of these types of poisonous angry people who have such intolerance and hatred for biracials.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Wow! You're insecurities are showing. We both know that if AAs didn't give two .... you wouldn't have biracials begging to be left alone. You're just so jealous of them it makes your blood boil to hear the conversation. You're talking about how unimportant they are, which is just projecting your low-esteem and image. You're unimportant and you know it. That's not biracials people's fault. Instead of coming on here, go to a therapist. They can help you better than we can.

What exactly are they insecure about? I'm curious to know? You claim blacks need to somehow leave biracial people alone. She posted that the majority of blacks do leave them alone, and could care less...and now ur mad that the poster is agreeing with you? LAMO. Seems like a group of people looking for "attention"...or wanting people to "fawn" over them and now are made because the poster explained that now one is interested in fawning of them. You seem like the person who WANTS someone to invite them to the party so you can REJECT the invitation...but gets highly upset when the invitation never comes. You weren't gonna go to the party anyways but ur made because u didn't get the chance to throw your nose up at being invited

Another cry for help on DCUM. Lady, no one wants to go to your party. Your plain crazy- not a difficult feat on DCUM.

Nope just exposed the post for what it is...notice you didn't point out any non factual statements made in my post...because you couldn't. Dont see what the problems is, biracial say blacks should ignore them and let them be...well this black person AGREE's. "Ciao"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MANY AAs feel slighted by biracials who identify as biracial as opposed to solely AA. I think the solution is for biracial to choose their own race as opposed to anyone (black or white) making that choice for them. I think some AAs will be upset by this and make that difficult.

I see how you threw in "some" and "many" but I still disagree with you. No AA people I know gives 2 shits how a biracial person chooses to identify. At most I was asked "what race are you", I answered and that was that. You are giving yourself way too much importance here thinking this is an issue for AAs. Now if you're a biracial who turns their nose up when a black person even looks at you out of fear of being perceived as one of them (how about that for a non often discussed topic?) then yeah, you probably have been on the receiving end of a lot of grief.

Maybe you don't know that many black ppl then. You certainly don't know everyone so stop acting like you do.

I think, however, that it is important to acknowledge your point that you feel that some biracial ppl "turn their noses up" at black people. There is no doubt someone somewhere who does do that. In general, "colorism" can be a problem within the AA community -- the lighter you are, the "better" and I'm sure some light-skinned blacks and/or biracials somewhere are guilty of internalizing that kind of white supremacy (see paper bag test for historical example). I'm sorry if you've experienced that but not everyone is like that. And that's not the only thing going on for many black/white biracials who don't want to identify as black. Often they just identify with both their parent's backgrounds and want to acknowledge that.

So once again, it's ok for you to generalize AAs but that poster's comment shouldn't be assumed as true for most biracial people. Gotcha

I'm not generalizing about AAs. I said it "can" be a problem, not that it always is. I chose that word intentionally. I didn't say, "In general, it IS a problem." Do you think it "can't" be a problem??? Give me a break.