Why do teens self-segregate along racial lines ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DEI created racist children. It was not like this 30 years ago. Thanks woke democrats!

Really? How was it? Tell us?

For context, I attended racially segregated schools in the area — that didn’t change much after Brown, because “neighborhood “ schools reflected the history of legally segregated neighborhoods. I’d really be interested in learning how this racist country was “not like this” by the late 90s — but somehow became replete with “racist children” thanks to whatever it is you’re calling “DEI”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DEI created racist children. It was not like this 30 years ago. Thanks woke democrats!

Ha! 30 years ago I was in hs and it was this way. POCs have to codeswitch around white people. It's nice to just be yourself sometimes. I'm shocked you don't know this.

Such a ridiculous assertion. I guess saying "ask" instead of "aks" is codeswitching if you say so.

And this kind of racist nonsense is why folks spend time amongst themselves. Do you spend any time with POC? I bet no one even notices that you don't. I really can't believe we are back here in 2025.

Quite a bit. And I don't accuse them of codeswitching just because they don't conform to stereotypes that you picked up from TV.

You have no idea. And also, I don't believe you. I am a POC, so I speaker from lived experience, not anything on tv.

This seems exceedingly doubtful. You sound more like a good liberal who read White Fragility a few years ago for that one class. So now you work buzzwords like "codeswitching" and "POC" into your conversations and refer to homogeneous groups as "folks". We get it, you're a good person. Nice job.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spent a week this Summer at a teens’ coed summer camp and noticed this happening. The African-American kids in particular seemed to really self-segregate and only sit with AA kids during mealtimes.

Our troop is about 40% white, equal amount Asian/Indian, with a few Latinx and AA kids. But at summer camp 2025, they all just seemed to separate this way.

Why are kids still doing this in 2025? Any suggestions to stop it?

Well for one, the latino kids don't want to be forced to be social with people who call them latinx.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids don’t

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[Anonymous]

That’s literally just how America is if you really think about it. Of course there is some blending, but a lot of people end up being friends and sticking around people who are similar to them. The DC area is more racially mixed, but when you go down south especially in rural areas it’s glaringly obvious.

[Anonymous]

A) Latinx is a made-up term white wokes created to feel….like they did something? Please stop. It’s still Latino.

B) A lot of people are racist, which impacts/influences their children - surely you’re aware of this

C) I’m mixed (Puerto Rican and white) and I had friends of all races as a kid, and still do. What you observe is not universally true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I noticed when I went to a majority white college. White students occasionally complained about what they called “the Black tables”. They didn’t complain about the football team tables or the drama student tables, or even the pre-meds who want to bond over organic chemistry tables. They didn’t complain about the Jewish tables or the students who ate at the Kosher Kitchen either. What I eventually realized was that the students who complained saw the other student groups as individuals who shared commonalities. They saw the Black students sitting together as “Black students sitting together” — and somehow felt threatened by this, yet rarely took the initiative to join in and share the table.

One of the reasons students segregate along racial lines is for the opportunity to interact with other students as individuals— instead of being someone else’s educational experience. It gets exhausting, especially when you’re treated as an anomaly by those who view themselves as somehow representing the default, ideal, or norm.

You are probably the same age as me. The white kids were socialized to have a rainbow of friends (all the kids TV shows and so on) and when they realized they had no black friends they worried they were somehow deficient. Then it turns out the black kids are only interested in each other! It turned our whole millennial color blind upbringing upside down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A) Latinx is a made-up term white wokes created to feel….like they did something? Please stop. It’s still Latino.

B) A lot of people are racist, which impacts/influences their children - surely you’re aware of this

C) I’m mixed (Puerto Rican and white) and I had friends of all races as a kid, and still do. What you observe is not universally true.

This is not true at all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A) Latinx is a made-up term white wokes created to feel….like they did something? Please stop. It’s still Latino.

B) A lot of people are racist . . .

Replacing “Latino/a” with Latinx or LatinX is not something “woke” (whatever that’s supposed to mean. It is a result of how bigoted and transphobic the LatinX community has unfortunately shown itself to be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A) Latinx is a made-up term white wokes created to feel….like they did something? Please stop. It’s still Latino.

B) A lot of people are racist . . .

Replacing “Latino/a” with Latinx or LatinX is not something “woke” (whatever that’s supposed to mean. It is a result of how bigoted and transphobic the LatinX community has unfortunately shown itself to be.

The new and correct term, LatinX,
is significant because it creates a more inclusive identity for individuals of Latin American descent, particularly those who are transgender or gender nonconforming. It highlights the desperate need to address transphobia within LatinX communities here and abroad, which often stems from cultural machismo and intolerant religious beliefs that continue to marginalize these identities.

[Anonymous]

I think it is absolutely a sub-culture thing in the USA. And no, it is not necessarily on racial lines. Parents also self-select and encourage their children to hang out with other children whose families are similar or have similar interests. For example, dance kids & moms, hang out together. They are a diverse lot racially.

Another example are the nerdy, studious, serious, academically inclined kids (parents influence this). In our neck of the wood, such kids get exposed to the subculture of academically driven magnet kids subculture. As a result, regardless of SES or race, these kids start to hangout with each other. The group is usually very diverse - Koreans, Chinese, Indians, Jews, East European/Russian, White, Africans, South American etc, - yes, some races are overrepresented but the individuals within the group are very much within the subculture.

Go to any school or college - jocks are hanging out with jocks, the artsy kinds are hanging out with other artysy kinds, goths with goths, nerds with nerds.

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Anonymous wrote:A) Latinx is a made-up term white wokes created to feel….like they did something? Please stop. It’s still Latino.

B) A lot of people are racist . . .

Replacing “Latino/a” with Latinx or LatinX is not something “woke” (whatever that’s supposed to mean. It is a result of how bigoted and transphobic the LatinX community has unfortunately shown itself to be.

The new and correct term, LatinX,
is significant because it creates a more inclusive identity for individuals of Latin American descent, particularly those who are transgender or gender nonconforming. It highlights the desperate need to address transphobia within LatinX communities here and abroad, which often stems from cultural machismo and intolerant religious beliefs that continue to marginalize these identities.

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I have no idea what race you are but I think it’s best if our kids sit at separate tables at lunch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A) Latinx is a made-up term white wokes created to feel….like they did something? Please stop. It’s still Latino.

B) A lot of people are racist . . .

Replacing “Latino/a” with Latinx or LatinX is not something “woke” (whatever that’s supposed to mean. It is a result of how bigoted and transphobic the LatinX community has unfortunately shown itself to be.

The new and correct term, LatinX,
is significant because it creates a more inclusive identity for individuals of Latin American descent, particularly those who are transgender or gender nonconforming. It highlights the desperate need to address transphobia within LatinX communities here and abroad, which often stems from cultural machismo and intolerant religious beliefs that continue to marginalize these identities.

Huh? A latino who is trans is still a latino, and it is still a trans. You are welcome to call a trans latino as LatinX or Trans LatinX. No Latino/a will have a problem. You cannot make up a new identity term for a miniscule minority and then ask the overwhelming majority to make that their identity. It does not work like that, La-Trina!

Lets agree to call the Trans Latino/a or non-gender-conforming Latino/a as LatinX.

[Anonymous]

I feel the LGBTQXYZ123# community no longer needs my support. So I am withdrawing.

As long as human and civil rights are given to all humans, I am cool. No further engagement and support from my side to this group. Next?

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure PP isn't a troll. S/he talks about a co-ed "troop" but then talks about self-segregation as though the kids are released to sit with whomever they want at lunch.

This would suggest that the Black kids from one "troop" were joining the Black kids from another "troop" and the white kids were finding other white kids.

That's just not how I've ever seen camps be run, or kids behave.

Yes, kids sometimes self-segregate at lunch in public schools or whatever, but at a summer camp where they are living in cabins and all arrived together as a troop?

It doesn't make sense.