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!

- your trolling is too stupid to even be close to believable. Your dear leader might have just a bit more to do with the current state of affairs than any "DEI" program ever did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beverly Daniel Tatum wrote a book about this.

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465060684#

Well? Why are they?

She said it's due to normal identity development all teens go through, combined with the US' racist history that has impacted social and cultural groupings. Kids are trying to sort out who they are and what groups they belong to. Self-segregation is one step along that process before they become an adult.

She wrote the book in the 90s and an updated version came out in 2017. It's in most public libraries.

[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.

Both are made up and nobody really uses them other than Americans.

Use a person's name, or family name, or country of origin. Never "latino".

[Anonymous]

Democrats breed racist children, stop hanging out with democrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Both are made up and nobody really uses them other than Americans.

Use a person's name, or family name, or country of origin. Never "latino".

Exactly. Latinx is basically "you people". It's not aging well at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Both are made up and nobody really uses them other than Americans.

Use a person's name, or family name, or country of origin. Never "latino".

Latinx was a fad that never took off, but I have no idea what makes you think it is uncommon for people to identify with the term Latino.

My country of origin is the US. I am American, and I am also Latino. Many, many people identify as Latino in the US. It is incredibly common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It was made up by White people and was obnoxious. The Spanish language has male and female ending to words. Latina is female members, Latino is male members of the community. Mixed female and male is Latino. White Feminists thought they could change the Spanish language to suit them. Stupid idea and never went anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesnt this happen in most places, for people of most ages, ethinicites, races, etc.?

It does. I was surprised by this in law school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should see the colleges.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a school that's 50% hispanic (very few AA) and it's completely divided in racial lines. I have invited the entire class for my kid's birthday parties since K and not one Hispanic kid comes.

I don't think it's parents doing it. I have a pretty diverse group of friends.

I think it's the parents in some cases because of language barrier or culture barriers. My daughter was invited to a birthday party for her Hispanic classmates and it really opened my eyes about different cultural expectations about parties. We invited the daughter to a party but they didn't not want to come

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Democrats breed racist children, stop hanging out with democrats.

And Republicans don't?! Be so for real right now

[Anonymous]

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

I work at an elementary school. Whenever I've read books to children about racism or injustice the children naturally empathize with the person experiencing that injustice. I've never seen a child empathize with the people perpetuating the injustice or racism.

[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?

Ours kids never cared about race, religion or culture when it comes socializing with other people even though we tend to socialize more within our immigrant community for nostalgia and culture as we came here in our 20's as grown adults. It's not a factor for them being born and raised here. They've always had a very diverse group of friends since preschool.

[Anonymous]

*now grown and race isn't a factor in their dating choices either

[Anonymous]

There is literally a book about this. Read it.
https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/beverly-daniel-tatum/why-are-all-the-black-kids-sitting-together-in-the-cafeteria/9781541616585/