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[quote=Anonymous]If you don't have experience in this situation, it's a reasonable question to ask.  I don't know about Prince George's but my child attended DCPS middle school that was 60% black and a DCPS magnet high school that was 80% black.  I did not notice any problems.

I did worry when dd went through the interview for the magnet high school whether her race would be an issue.  The head of the department arrived late and seemed standoffish.  Later I found out that she was shy and disorganized so that's what I was seeing, not a reaction to my kid's race.  It was a good learning experience for me.  I saw what African-Americans go through regularly trying to interpret negative or coolish behavior from whites and not knowing whether it's from prejudice or not.

The kids did tend to hang out more with kids of their own race but I didn't notice any prejudice against my kid.  And the reality is that even in situations like this white kids may get preferential treatment.  It's not just white people who give preferential treatment to other whites.  People of other races on occasion do that as well.  It's insidious and something we should all guard against.

Anyway, this is DC, not Prince George's so I don't know how much help it will be.  [/quote]

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