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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: I've observed that very few people on these threads are supportive when their school is being rezoned to include more diversity. 
I live in an integrated neighborhood and send my kids to integrated schools (more than just a token or two). Even our close biracial friends, who come over once a week, are struggling with these issues as the kids get older and their daughter is exposed to aggression from some girls who consider her uppity because she has a white boyfriend. I'm reassessing what to do about high school, as are they. 
I'd say my life is far more diverse already than those who are calling me a racist.[/quote]

If your life and your kids' schools are already very diverse, why are you posting opposition to a school that has more than white and Asian kids in it? Are you opposed to some specific plan? Are you concerned with the effect of culture on social interactions between teenagers?

You need to be more specific. A blanket statement that you do not support integration in schools makes you sound like a racist. A statement that you have observed behavioral challenges related to race and ethnicity in older kids and are concerned about how you will handle such issues when your kids are older is not, on the face of it, racist. [/quote]

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