Concentration of Indians in elementary School in Rockville, North Bethesda or close in Potomac

[Anonymous]

Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School tries to put 2-3 kids who look similar in each class for a reason.

Now some of the posters above can go after School for being a racist by trying to ensure that every kid in class has at least 1-2 other kids who look similar to them.

All the kids in my son's class look similar to him. They all have that "homo sapien" look

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

Not OP here, but may it it has to do with bi racial with no Indian family connection in this area has something to do with it. Specially if they want to make some connection with Indian families in area, it's not absurd to find out if school has some kids from same region. Many connections are formed via kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School tries to put 2-3 kids who look similar in each class for a reason.

Now some of the posters above can go after School for being a racist by trying to ensure that every kid in class has at least 1-2 other kids who look similar to them.

All the kids in my son's class look similar to him. They all have that "homo sapien" look

Let's lobby MCPS to not break down data based on race. Also lobby MCPS to stop talking about kids of color and all that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

How did you come to conclusion that OP wants to put his kids in Bubble with all other Indian kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

+1000 Thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

It’s too bad you can’t get out of your own bubble and understand how people may think differently than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It will be hard to find a HS with 8% south Asian population in MD. Also, you can look up the data provided by MCPS if you need to move due to wanting to have more than 8%. OP situation is still different that yours.

Why? Because all of the high schools have percentages higher than 8%, or because all of the high schools have percentages lower than 8%?

[Anonymous]

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I think we’re having a misunderstanding. My local high school is 8% white. I’m not just talking about not being in the majority.

So you're in a minority in your high school, so what, the whole rest of everything is white in the US. Turn on the tv, look at magazines, read history, go to movies, look at the politicians, probably the teachers also. There is no shortage of white folks for your kids to see/hear/be around/learn about/find as role models. Will you stop acting like it's the same thing as being a minority in this country? For the love.

Seriously. We aren't white. We live in a community that is majority non-white. And yet my toddler still seems to have come to the conclusion that "Americans are white". I did not say anything remotely like this to him but somehow he came to that conclusion by watching TV, traveling, etc.

A lot of my friends of color from other countries use 'Americans' to refer to white people. It is interesting to me because as a white American I don't think that way but their experience is different than mine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

It will be hard to find a HS with 8% south Asian population in MD. Also, you can look up the data provided by MCPS if you need to move due to wanting to have more than 8%. OP situation is still different that yours.

Why? Because all of the high schools have percentages higher than 8%, or because all of the high schools have percentages lower than 8%?

Pretty much all of the HS have less than 8%. I don't know if any HS has 8 or above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I am not sure you have thought through this well - the issue is not whether your kid will make friends with kids of a certain kind. To continue in the same superficial vein, the issue is will there be any opportunity at all for a kid to have any friends of that kind.

Also - let me get this straight - you looked for diverse schools, and did not place any importance specifically to Indian kids, and your kid ended up in a school where he has five Indian kids in his class?! And *you* are preaching?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are European and want out children to be comfortable in school knowing they are with other European children. Please suggest elementary schools that are high concentration of white kids.

I am serious. This Indian thread and the other Asian thread are beyond racist.

+1

We are white and at a diverse school, but the whole cheerleading squad is black. Where can I find a school with cheerleaders that look like my child? Is this also a legitimate ask?

I’m going to have to agree on this. There are no schools near me where whites are a majority. My white kids have been minorities since they set foot in school. Is it legitimate for me to ask where my kid will have the most white classmates? What’s the cutoff at which this is legitimate: 10%? 20%? Or can we just agree it’s not legitimate? If whites have to be ashamed to want to be around other whites then it seems everyone else should be too.

Be careful - your true colors are showing. The OP did not ask for schools where Indian kids are in the majority.

[Anonymous]

I understand OP's concerns, especially for mixed-race/mixed-culture concerns. You want them to be comfortable around both sides. I get it, I think. But if all minorities just gravitated to schools that were already "diverse" I think you will get a very retrograde result. I'd much rather be the pioneer minority in a mostly majority school and let them know that there are other types in the world. And, well, here we are! We obviously want our cultures to be understood by all. Why should we shy away from majority white schools just because they are "not-diverse" according to some artificial standard. My kids are Indian and in a W ES. On a peer-to-peer level, they have absolutely no problems socializing. And on an administrative level, there is a lot of recognition of diversity (e.g., art, social studies, special assemblies, music). I grew up in the South, and in comparison MCPS is sooo much more inclusive of all types in whatever demographic school. OP, you are lucky to be moving to this county. My kids may not *look* like the rest of the kids in the school, but almost all the kids in ES are super sweet, polite, inclusive and kind. And, so are the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I am not sure you have thought through this well - the issue is not whether your kid will make friends with kids of a certain kind. To continue in the same superficial vein, the issue is will there be any opportunity at all for a kid to have any friends of that kind.

Also - let me get this straight - you looked for diverse schools, and did not place any importance specifically to Indian kids, and your kid ended up in a school where he has five Indian kids in his class?! And *you* are preaching?!

I am not preaching anything, yes, my kid ended up having 5 Indian kids in his class but that doesn't matter to us one way or another, he could have ended up with 5 Persian kids. We didn't go seeking Indian kids. I hope this explanation is straight enough for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

It’s too bad you can’t get out of your own bubble and understand how people may think differently than you.

I am sorry I offended your feelings by admitting that diversity to me means all races/religions and not specifically people from one particular race. The problem with your thinking is that if a White person starts thinking your way, you are to first on to call them racists.