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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]respect
benefit of the doubt
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white lives - even to many black people - have greater value/importance than black lives.

school leadership sometimes responds accordingly[/quote]

I’m an UMC AA woman, and my children attend their IB WotP school.  We receive all of those things from teachers and administrators at my children’s school.  At my request, my oldest child (who is very academically advanced) has received differentiation EVERY YEAR both inside and outside the classroom.  Any concerns that we have voiced have been respectfully addressed.

I don’t think that our experience is isolated, but it probably depends on the school (and the parent).[/quote]

It probably helps that you are WOTP at a school that is largely filled with White UMC students. [/quote]

+1000

When the schools are diverse, AA parents have a better chance at their voices being heard. This is one of the reasons that I refused to send DC to our EOTP IB school. [/quote]

DP. I'm more cynical in my take. I think that the admin and teachers are used to responding to UMC white families demands and requests, so that if an UMC black family does the same, they want to treat them equally. It's where errant bias that black families, especially LMC/working class families don't value/understand/appreciate public school pedagogy or teaching approaches that parents are frequently dismissed when they bring up concerns. It's a complete shame.

We were in a Capitol Hill school with a mix of UMC white families and LMC black families and there were certainly many white parents who were surprised or taken aback at how strongly some of the black parents advocated for resources - like before-school and after-school work sessions, access to online resources, and mentoring. [/quote]

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