Racial/Socioeconomic diversity at Sidwell versus Beauvoir?

[Anonymous]

15:54 -- I am not a Beauvoir parent, past present or future, and I read this string because I was interested in the information about Sidwell, not Beauvoir. And with that said, I think you are not only misinterpreting the quoted post -- which was complimentary about both schools -- but going out of your way to unfairly suggest Beauvoir parents are racist. To others who might be reading this thread, I would just urge that you read the original post and not the (mis)characterizations of it. Peace, out!

[Anonymous]

As an AA, I can tell you that I want my DC at a school that has both racial diversity AND racial sensitivity. Based on the most recent posts on this thread, I can see that we still have a long way to go...

[Anonymous]

Beauvoir recently had a community dinner with a speaker who addressed racism. One of his points was that we should NOT raise our children to be "colorblind"; every person brings a different combination of characteristics to the community and race is one of them. We should be exploring our differences as well as our commonalities if we truly want to understand more about each other. At least that's part of what I took away from the talk that evening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:African Americans don't "really matter"? I'm surprised that a parent boosting Beauvoir's racial diversity would display such blatant arrogance and shameful intolerance.

Anonymous wrote:Both are diverse economically and socially and both have diverse faculty. I think Beauvoir is diverse across the board and has a mix of all nationailities while I have heard that Sidwell's diversity is mostly African American, which doesn't really matter I think. In regards to diversity, I think both schools are diverse in all aspects so I am not sure if that is where you should be comparing them. Look at programs and differences and what kind of learning style your child thrives with best etc... What feeling did you get at the new parent receptions? Good luck!

How dare you suggest such things about me! You don't even know me and why would you assume that I am not AA? I was trying to help op by just giving specific details about the diversity and the differences and the differences are that Beauvoir is diverse across the board with all nationalities and religions and Sidwell is diverse but has more African Americans. I was saying it didn't matter to me what kind of diversity there is - as long as there is diversity I am happy! I was just giving specifics as some parents don't care, such as me, which is why I said I didn't think it mattered what kind of diversity it was as long as it is diverse - that is what I was saying and it infuriates me that you would suggest in any way that I am rascist when I have spent so much of my time and life promoting the rights of all people. Anyway, I was just giving insight that at Beauvoir it is very very diverse but you are not going to have as high a number of African Americans as at Sidwell, however, you will have a mix of Asian, Muslim, Hispanic, Caucasian, African, as well as African American. Why look for the negative and assume that my post is malicious or rascist? I was trying to help the op. I think diversity is great which is one of the reasons we chose Beauvoir.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can certainly see why the statement from the Beauvoir parent that African Americans don't really matter would offend people--it's not exactly rocket science. Personally I think all racial groups matter and I don't think that any racial group should be dismissed. If you don't get it and you think that PP's comment was just "misinterpreted", then that's your issue, but I would hope that others in your parent community would display a little more sensitivity.

Anonymous wrote:Also not the quoted poster, but it seems quite clear that the quoted poster was saying that Beauvoir and Sidwell are BOTH diverse, and that in terms of that diversity it is not significant that Sidwell's diverse population is mainly African-American. The post was pleasant in tone and positive about both schools, as well. I am surprised that people misinterpreted it, but it was a misinterpretation.

Thank you poster! It was my post which was misinterpreted. I was NOT saying that it doesn't matter about African Americans and anyone who can actually read and understand the context of what a sentence means would gather that. I was saying that it doesn't matter what the breakdown of diversity is at Sidwell but I pointed out that there are more African Americans at Sidwell because for some people, whom happen to be friends of mine, they would prefer to send their African American child to a school with a high number of African American children, rather than just diverse across the board. Goodness! Anyway, thank you poster for defending my post!

[Anonymous]

I say again both are great schools. You can't go wrong either way. Beauvoir may have a more traditional approach than Sidwell, but those issues are very personal with neither being wrong per se. The issue and only issue is what environment is best for your child.