Racial issues in DCPS for mixed race kids

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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.

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

+1. I am not biracial but have been confused as biracial all my life by white people because of my hair and skin tone. I also do not have a biracial extended family which is quite large. However, most of my relatives on my father's side look white and are confused as "white" by white people. For example, they experience racist comments about blacks made in their presence and their kids are constantly informed that they are biracial because one of their parents is white. Probably AAs too but these people don't comment on it. I have always thought that it was some white parents of biracial children that did not understand or were not comfortable with their children's black heritage. My family has always been comfortable with who they are so I mistakenly assumed that biracials, including the 3/4 white ones, who almost always look more mixed than my family would not be so uncomfortable with their black heritage. I'm going to ask some of my friends from Lousiana, who look white or almost white, if they experience this negativaty from biracial children towards them as well. BTW - the "one-drop" rule was not started or promoted by AAs.

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/population/onedrop.html

You're not black. You're MGM, which was absorbed by the black community due to one-dropism. Now after multiple generations people promote it as fact. This is how brainwashing words and becomes as natural as nature itself.

This entire thread is laughable and horrifying on so many levels. At some point people like yourself are upset and demand that biracials be allowed to self identify. And then you turn around and tell the poster that you responded to that she can not self identify, but must call and identify as MGM or biracial. Hypocrites , much.

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^This begs the question. Who's right- the one droppers or the biracial truthers? Or both?

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Anonymous wrote:^This begs the question. Who's right- the one droppers or the biracial truthers? Or both?

Aren't the truthers always right? Isn't this one giant conspiracy, on some level?

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Anonymous wrote:^This begs the question. Who's right- the one droppers or the biracial truthers? Or both?

Aren't the truthers always right? Isn't this one giant conspiracy, on some level?

Didn't the birthers call themselves truthers too. One giant conspiracy indeed.

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How do I get pulled into these threads -- I could just lose HOURS of my day, but I am going to stop. We are a trans-racial family at Cleveland Elementary. As white parents we get a LOT of support, warmth and kindness from others within the school. We expect to keep our kids here until fifth grade. After that we will be hoping that Cardozo Middle School or the new Shaw neighborhood middle school will offer a similar experience. Fingers crossed!

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So, I skipped ahead a few pages. OP, I am mixed and my husband is AA. My sons look mixed and the oldest is in 1st grade. The Latino and AA kids at school tell him that he is white, but we educate him about his heritage at home (btw the white kids don't care at all). We go to a predominantly black church, participate in predominantly black community sports and are HBCU grads, so we have predominantly black friends. We have a black pediatrician, a black dentist and try to patronize as many black-owned businesses as we can. Still, many of his activities (camp, scouts, music) are multi culti. Someone on this thread earlier said that it might be hard for a black child who is academically gifted because they could be ostracized for trying to be or sounding "too white." Ok...those people will exist but they aren't the villains. The villains are the systematic issues that convinced generations of black people that they were inferior in the first place. Your child, OP, needs to be able to deal with both realities. By some, his blackness will be challenged. Because of others, he will have to overcome his blackness. Pride in and understanding of your heritage begins at home. Don't put your child in a bubble.

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PP here again. I just want to add that as your child gets older, interactions with blacks who are disparaging because of academic pursuits and how he speaks will become less and less. This is partially because he will be in schools, circles, activities and eventually college and workplaces where people with that mindset have not matriculated. My husband was the smart black kid in an inner city school where too many in his cohort were imprisoned or killed by senior year. The "bad" black kids he went to elementary school with protected him later in life because he treated people well and even they knew that he would make it out. On the other hand, the divide between blacks and whites gets larger as children grow into adulthood. Deliberate racism and ignorance are more frequent and have larger impacts. Biases against him and his skin color become more apparent. You can only equip your child, not protect him.