Majority percent of Asians at the Elementary school, a good thing right?

[Anonymous]

it's ironic that the Jews who were discriminated against in college admissions in the 1920s to 1960s at the top universities are now in the majority and in power at these universities and discriminating against Asians using similar methods that were used against them decades earlier.

Having been the victims of these discriminatory practices earlier, Jews should be the first to condemn these discriminatory practices against Asians but they remain silent.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused, my kids are mixed race. Which side of the equation do you want us on?

Do you want us to be white or Asian?

Ask FCPS. They're the ones who collect this data. Might have a box for "other."

I've asked. They won't answer. Some forms have other, some multi, why does anyone care. How about "who cares"

I wonder this too. Because my child is Asian (Chinese-American) but we adopted her (we are Caucasian). Her last name does not indicated she is Asian. She is not growing up "Asian" b/c as I mentioned we are Caucasian. We are your typical run-of-the-mill "striving hard and want our child to do well" Cauc. parents but we wouldn't "measure up to" "Asian Tiger Parents". If my child is judged against Asians who were raised in this fashion, she is going to fall short, probably? We do try to keep up with her Chinese culture and she takes Mandarin lessons, we talk a lot about China, we are going back to adopt #2 next year so that'll be a cultural immersion experience for her, etc etc etc, but we are not American-Asisan Kumon-attending, violin lesson-enforcing, "Asian" parents. . . . So I wonder, in the future, like for college applications, if she should not check "Asian"???? or what???

We have a similar situation with a mixed race kid (Black/Asian). We put Black on all the school stuff since they seem to cap Asians in education. Usually put Asian on other government stuff. We just pick what works for the situation at hand. The Government is the only organization that cares about race any more. I just play their game.

You can pick whatever race you identify with according to all the administrators I've asked. In your case I'd just check white if that's the way you identify.

[Anonymous]

Wow, what a racist thread. You people suck. You live in a very diverse area. Get used to it and stop viewing people based on their skin color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a racist thread. You people suck. You live in a very diverse area. Get used to it and stop viewing people based on their skin color.

how can you do that when the school forms all ask what race you are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Asian means anyone from Asia. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, India, etc. West Asian countries, aka the Middle East, are also considered Asian. So is eastern Russia.

According to the census and for the purposes of college applications, people from "Middle Eastern" countries are considered caucasian.
The more different cultures and people a child is exposed to, the better. I'm so glad we live here where people come from many places rather than someplace where everyone has lived there forever and people are suspicious of outsiders.
Our kids will grow up feeling comfortable with people from all over the world and that can only enhance their lives as adults.

So are people from 'eastern Russia'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a racist thread. You people suck. You live in a very diverse area. Get used to it and stop viewing people based on their skin color.

I don't. How about getting the schools to leave it alone. Why is race even on the forms? It's the school system that's fixated on race....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Asian means anyone from Asia. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, India, etc. West Asian countries, aka the Middle East, are also considered Asian. So is eastern Russia.

According to the census and for the purposes of college applications, people from "Middle Eastern" countries are considered caucasian.
The more different cultures and people a child is exposed to, the better. I'm so glad we live here where people come from many places rather than someplace where everyone has lived there forever and people are suspicious of outsiders.
Our kids will grow up feeling comfortable with people from all over the world and that can only enhance their lives as adults.

So are people from 'eastern Russia'.

Kind of points out the absurdity of the process. African-Americans from South Africa are white too....

[Anonymous]

I am Asian-American and would prefer a school that is not majority Asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Asian-American and would prefer a school that is not majority Asian.

mind saying why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused, my kids are mixed race. Which side of the equation do you want us on?

Do you want us to be white or Asian?

Ask FCPS. They're the ones who collect this data. Might have a box for "other."

I've asked. They won't answer. Some forms have other, some multi, why does anyone care. How about "who cares"

I wonder this too. Because my child is Asian (Chinese-American) but we adopted her (we are Caucasian). Her last name does not indicated she is Asian. She is not growing up "Asian" b/c as I mentioned we are Caucasian. We are your typical run-of-the-mill "striving hard and want our child to do well" Cauc. parents but we wouldn't "measure up to" "Asian Tiger Parents". If my child is judged against Asians who were raised in this fashion, she is going to fall short, probably? We do try to keep up with her Chinese culture and she takes Mandarin lessons, we talk a lot about China, we are going back to adopt #2 next year so that'll be a cultural immersion experience for her, etc etc etc, but we are not American-Asisan Kumon-attending, violin lesson-enforcing, "Asian" parents. . . . So I wonder, in the future, like for college applications, if she should not check "Asian"???? or what???

We have a similar situation with a mixed race kid (Black/Asian). We put Black on all the school stuff since they seem to cap Asians in education. Usually put Asian on other government stuff. We just pick what works for the situation at hand. The Government is the only organization that cares about race any more. I just play their game.

You can pick whatever race you identify with according to all the administrators I've asked. In your case I'd just check white if that's the way you identify.

OK, thanks for sharing this. Helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Asian-American and would prefer a school that is not majority Asian.

mind saying why?

I would not want the kids to feel academically competitive from a young age. I'm Korean and most all Koreans who went to school in Korea consider American schools to be much easier. I breezed through school with little effort and still attended ivy league schools. I attended a school with few Asians. It also hurts my children's chances of getting accepted into a top college if there are too many other Asians.