Is it possible to teach kids to be inclusive and not racist when

[Anonymous]

For the last time: every school must be the same!

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a k-12 public school district that was 60% white, 30% black and 10% Asian. Everyone got along Ok and simultaneously lived up to their respective stereotypes. Sports teams has the most effective intermingling, as did regular level classes.

And yes, I heard the N word every day; my locker was by the Coopers section and I played a lot of team sports.

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Anonymous wrote:For the last time: every school must be the same!

Said nobody.

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Anonymous wrote:The kids who express racist views at the majority white MoCo middle school where I teach learn it so early they don't really understand it. Then, when their beliefs are called into question they become incredibly defensive because accepting that those beliefs are wrong means rejecting their parents and the people at their country clubs. It's really tragic, all the more so because the few students of color inevitably accept and excuse the behavior of their friends in order to fit in. Personally, I'm really glad Whitman's principal is focusing on character education, but I agree with others: it's hard to combat what kids are learning at home.

Their parents move heaven and earth to buy into a W school specifically because of demographics. That speaks volumes about their beliefs and values.

This thread prompted me to check out the demographics of other schools. Wooton has a rather sizable Asian demographic. Interestingly, I've had friends from down county criticize our high school as being "too white/not diverse," yet it seems far more diverse than the Whitman. (Talking about Sherwood.)

Sherwood may be classified as down county but they are not downcountry nor very diverse and many downcountry move out there for the same reason.

People on this board are so misinformed and like to make ignorant uninformed comments. Sherwood is NOT classified as Downcounty, nor has it ever been.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04503.pdf

I didn't think it was but if they want to pretend it is let them.

I'm the poster who made the original comment re Sherwood. We live in Olney, and I obviously know it isn't part of the DCC. My comment referenced down county friends who criticize Sherwood (i.e.: our friends who live in the DCC area). No clue why subsequent posters started lumping Sherwood in with the DCC.

Re: the DP who said it might be a farms related comment - perhaps. Although the comments I've heard firsthand apply to racial demographics. People seem to think the school is 100% white kids (they probably think we still have farms (the kind with animals; the kinds where we used to have field parties back in the 80s/90s) in Olney, too). It's true that we don't have a lot of FARMs; that's because we don't have much rental housing (not a lot of apartments or condos).

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Whitman on Whittier Blvd white parents don't think they are racist?
How can people that didn't grow up with being treated with suspicion, disdain, as if they are worthless, ever know that even averted look can be racist?

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Anonymous wrote:China is LTAO at this Great Little Debate in American “education.”

If China thinks it’s going to rule the world then they’re going to have to deal with all the cultures and ethnicities just like we have. You can’t serve as a legitimate world leader while also claiming you’re the master race.

Wow! You obviously have never stepped foot in a Communist country.

Most Americans are incredibly naive.

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I'm the poster who made the original comment re Sherwood. We live in Olney, and I obviously know it isn't part of the DCC. My comment referenced down county friends who criticize Sherwood (i.e.: our friends who live in the DCC area). No clue why subsequent posters started lumping Sherwood in with the DCC.

Re: the DP who said it might be a farms related comment - perhaps. Although the comments I've heard firsthand apply to racial demographics. People seem to think the school is 100% white kids (they probably think we still have farms (the kind with animals; the kinds where we used to have field parties back in the 80s/90s) in Olney, too). It's true that we don't have a lot of FARMs; that's because we don't have much rental housing (not a lot of apartments or condos).

That didn't just happen to happen that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. I don’t think black kids are the only barometer of diversity, but I’m asking about black kids because that’s the demographic that I’ve heard is leaving. There’s plenty of anti Semitism too but I don’t think the Jews are fleeing. That doesn’t mean I don’t value diversity in all its forms or think black kids are the only targets.

Can you blame them for leaving?

OP here and no I cannot.

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Anonymous wrote:China is LTAO at this Great Little Debate in American “education.”

If China thinks it’s going to rule the world then they’re going to have to deal with all the cultures and ethnicities just like we have. You can’t serve as a legitimate world leader while also claiming you’re the master race.

Wow! You obviously have never stepped foot in a Communist country.

Most Americans are incredibly naive.

PP isn't wrong.

[Anonymous]

Diversity is near impossible. I recall a few years back Valley Stream Long Island won award as most diverse town in the United States. It has the near exact representation of races and nationalities the US Census had of the USA as a whole.

So move to Valley Stream Long Island it is near Manhattan and if you miss snobby Potomac and Bethesda get a weekend Hampton’s house to hide out.

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I am clear that Sherwood is not in the DCC. That said, for some administrative purposes, MCPS has a division between “down county” and “up county” schools. In that division, Sherwood is “down county.” The southernmost (or maybe southeastern-most) “up county” high school is Magruder.

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Anonymous wrote:I am clear that Sherwood is not in the DCC. That said, for some administrative purposes, MCPS has a division between “down county” and “up county” schools. In that division, Sherwood is “down county.” The southernmost (or maybe southeastern-most) “up county” high school is Magruder.

Uh, no.

[Anonymous]

Sad Sad Sad all the way around. My daughter goes to Whitman and we do teach her to be inclusive and not racist! I hate being blamed for the school we chose for her. It's a wonderful school. If it makes you feel any better she hears anti-semitic comments on her bus like "let's do what Hitler did to the Jewish kids on the bus" and yes, we are Jewish.

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Anonymous wrote:Sad Sad Sad all the way around. My daughter goes to Whitman and we do teach her to be inclusive and not racist! I hate being blamed for the school we chose for her. It's a wonderful school. If it makes you feel any better she hears anti-semitic comments on her bus like "let's do what Hitler did to the Jewish kids on the bus" and yes, we are Jewish.

Wha a wonderful school.

[Anonymous]

One naughty kid in a mud mask = 2000 naughty kids!