AAP diversity?

[Anonymous]

My adopted child is half-Hispanic and has brown skin. In choosing a school, I have been careful to find an environment where DC would be surrounded by children from a diverse racial background, even while I've been looking for positive role models across the board.

With the AAP program starting next year, I'm worried that the children accepted will end up being all white or asian, leaving DC as an outsider. Are there any experiences folks would care to share about diversity in the AAP program? Ours would be a new program starting next year, so I have no previous experience to base a decision on. Looking for comments across all programs...

[Anonymous]

The program is very diverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The program is very diverse.

really? my white kid is a minority. Overwhelmingly Asian. Not a shot at them; just a fact.

[Anonymous]

My DD's BFF is Hispanic. She has other BFFs that are Asian and others that are white. It is pretty diverse at our AAP center.

[Anonymous]

probably depends on the school then. Hardly any Hispanics in DC's AAP center.

[Anonymous]

My kid's class of 26 has lots of brown kids, both hispanic and AA, although there is a definite predominance of Asian (and without that group, most kids are Korean).

[Anonymous]

Sorry, "within that group" most of the kids are Korean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The program is very diverse.

really? my white kid is a minority. Overwhelmingly Asian. Not a shot at them; just a fact.

but is he a German, Italian, Irish, British, Australian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Greek, Slovakian, Scottish, Russian etc. native or any of those ethnicities and American?

Similarly Asians can be Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Cambodian, Indonesian, Burmese etc. or any of those backgrounds and American. To lump all Asians together is silly.


There's plenty of diversity in these schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The program is very diverse.

really? my white kid is a minority. Overwhelmingly Asian. Not a shot at them; just a fact.

but is he a German, Italian, Irish, British, Australian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Greek, Slovakian, Scottish, Russian etc. native or any of those ethnicities and American?

Similarly Asians can be Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Cambodian, Indonesian, Burmese etc. or any of those backgrounds and American. To lump all Asians together is silly.


There's plenty of diversity in these schools.

those are nationalities, not races.

And don't be naive. The Asians that dominate AAP are from ony a small handful of those nationalities.

[Anonymous]

Majority of our center is Indian, followed by about an even number of East Asian (mainly Chinese and Korean) and those of European descent. I'd say about 10% of kids don't fall into those three categories (other Asian countries, African American, Latino, mainly). But this very much mirrors the immediate community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The program is very diverse.

really? my white kid is a minority. Overwhelmingly Asian. Not a shot at them; just a fact.

but is he a German, Italian, Irish, British, Australian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Greek, Slovakian, Scottish, Russian etc. native or any of those ethnicities and American?

Similarly Asians can be Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Cambodian, Indonesian, Burmese etc. or any of those backgrounds and American. To lump all Asians together is silly.


There's plenty of diversity in these schools.

those are nationalities, not races.
And don't be naive. The Asians that dominate AAP are from ony a small handful of those nationalities.

fair enough. but there are vast differences even within that small handful, despite some shared cultural beliefs as any Asian will tell you. to think otherwise isn't naïve, it's ignorant.

[Anonymous]

To be fair, the OP asked specifically about racial diversity, the nationality of the child was not mentioned.

Anonymous wrote:My adopted child is half-Hispanic and has brown skin. In choosing a school, I have been careful to find an environment where DC would be surrounded by children from a diverse racial background, even while I've been looking for positive role models across the board.

With the AAP program starting next year, I'm worried that the children accepted will end up being all white or asian, leaving DC as an outsider. Are there any experiences folks would care to share about diversity in the AAP program? Ours would be a new program starting next year, so I have no previous experience to base a decision on. Looking for comments across all programs...

[Anonymous]

As others have noted, most FCPS elementary schools are pretty diverse.

I also think, this speaks more to parents and their own fears. the kids don't care -- they're making friends based on mutual interests not race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The program is very diverse.

really? my white kid is a minority. Overwhelmingly Asian. Not a shot at them; just a fact.

but is he a German, Italian, Irish, British, Australian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Greek, Slovakian, Scottish, Russian etc. native or any of those ethnicities and American?

Similarly Asians can be Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Cambodian, Indonesian, Burmese etc. or any of those backgrounds and American. To lump all Asians together is silly.


There's plenty of diversity in these schools.

Exactly, plus many of the Middle Eastern countries are in Asia too.

[Anonymous]

Our AAP center 5th grade has no hispanics and one or two black children. The remaining 64 or so are white and asian. The base school is super diverse, though.