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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd watch out with Hardy, OP. My own Asian kids have been subjected to occasional crappy treatment at a mostly white DCPS elementary WotP.  Half a dozen AA kids have pulled on the corner of their eyes to make fun of my children's "slanty" eyes repeatedly, and unkindly mimicked them speaking the Asian language we speak at home.  The school handled the situation well and the bullying has mostly stopped.  But we're not going to touch any DC public school that's mostly AA for MS or HS.  The reality is that there's a good deal of jealously of high-achieving Asian immigrant students in low SES AA circles in this city. You can flame away at OP and this PP without changing that.

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 I'm sure it happened and I can't promise you that my white kid, who I think I've taught better, wouldn't be the one also doing it one day. 
Are you sure your kid hasn't done anything to offend anybody? What did she/he thought when group on AAs did that? Could she/he have said her/his thoughts out loud?
"Jealously"? I've never even seen high-achieving Asians and low SES AA in the same circle. Ditto if it were the other way around. Those 2 SESs are not competitors. It's just kids acting like kids. The worst part, you the grown-up, don't even see that you are doing the same thing the kids did.
It was kids active badly and in need of guidance. Not sure why you bring up their race. Maybe somebody has done it to them and they are acting out. I don't expect you to think that far or even think. Leave your feelings at home and talk to your children about blaming a whole race based on your feelings.[/quote]

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