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[quote=Anonymous]You have to accept that for us, the WaPo is our local paper and therefore our national news.  Also there is a stereotype of entitled racist white kids that feed the media grist mill, while events of people of color get buried here.  In other areas of the country, the opposite occurs, the white crimes are under-reported and the people of color crimes are shouted from the mountain tops.

I've seen both sides, both being very poor as a child and affluent as an adult.  I also have an AA friend that I view as a sister, grew up with her and I see the nasty racism that she and her son have encountered their entire lives.  I know it is vastly different, but when my teen daughter tells me that her friends tell her that "she is different than the other white people and better than them" it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.  That statement could never have been made in reverse and is really distancing and wrong.

You have to live your life as who you are and call bullshit when you see it and teach your kids to do the same.  I am moving from this area and honestly, am really happy to move.  It is too segregated and does not reflect real American culture.   I've lived in multiple states, mainly in the south and this is the most segregated area I have ever lived in.

So when something happens like that horrific Whitman blackface incident, we have something we can discuss like a family, luckily my kids have the influence our lifelong AA family friend to guide their understanding of how painful this incident is, how this does not represent them or how they treat people.   In a county where minorities outnumber caucasians, Whitman is a powder keg, too white, too elite without all the safety measures that private schools can afford to set in place. Through my employment, I am involved with law enforcement and yes MoCo has much greater adolescent violence up county.  The rest of us, with financial means, all crowd up in certain areas with high test scores and safe environments for our kids.

Move if you want but be prepared for a really difficult time with the current radical segregated demographics of this county.   It may get better, more integrated community eventually, but there will be a painful transition period for your family.

"I am considering leaving a W cluster so my kids won't be subject to a bunch of jerks, but wonder if similar stuff is happening in all schools, just not publicized as much, or if it's a different flavor."  If you are trying to placate public opinion, give up.  Seriously, yes there are racial problems everywhere, but teach your kids to own who the f* they are regardless of skin color and just be decent people and speak up.  To answer your original post, yes the W schools get higher attention than other schools in the district, but you have to teach your kids to own who they are and stand up for what is morally correct.
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