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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not that PP but when people I know use the words "Asian culture" they often mean Asian American culture which is something kind of imposed on Asians in the United States since they are lumped together as a census category. [/quote]

Yeah, and generally when people in the US refer to "European culture," they're white ethno-nationalists trying to justify anti-immigrant xenophobia.[/quote]
I'm the "Asian culture" PP, when I say "Asian culture" I mean [b]the culture in Asian countries[/b], not the Asian American culture.

When my spouse, from Europe, says "southern European culture"  vs "northern european culture" or "western european culture" vs "eastern european culture", it's not about xenophobia.  [/quote]

So, the culture in Kazakhstan, Singapore, Yemen, Thailand, Philippines, Bahrain, Nepal, Korea...

Could you please list some factors common to the cultures of Turkmenistan, Singapore, Yemen, Thailand, Philippines, Bahrain, Nepal, and South Korea?[/quote]

You are right that there are differences.

Just like there are absolutely differences between my ‘practically white’ neighbor from Argentina, and my co-worker attorney from Columbia.  Versus your El Salvadoran housekeeper and Guatemalan gardener.

Yet, amazingly MCPS lumps them all together as ‘Latinx’.  Regardless of background.

See how ridiculous that is?  How useless it is to lump kids together by race?  [/quote]

In other words, you agree there is no such thing as "Asian culture" or "Latin culture."[/quote]

Then why does MCPS argue that is the case?

Apparently, according to MCPS, there are only four possible groups.

Asians and Whites, who are somehow privileged and do better in school.  And AA and Latino families who need extra help in order to succeed.

FTR, I think it’s ridiculous and has created way more problems than necessary.  But, alas, that is how MCPS leadership sees the situation in our schools. [/quote]

Does MCPS give extra help to specific groups? I thought these things were need based and race played no part in it? So if an Asian family wanted free lunches it would be harder for them to qualify?[/quote]

At our school there are school sponsored events that are absolutely targeted at Latino and AA families.

We have Black and Brown forums that are specifically geared to AA and Latino kids to discuss how to get into magnet programs and test-taking strategies, etc.

I would have to see if I could find past flyers for these types of events.  [/quote]

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