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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]respect
benefit of the doubt
credence
attention

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]

I think there's something to this.  Teachers and staff are used to dealing with less educated AA families, and so tend to be somewhat dismissive or even disrespectful, while taking white families more seriously.*  We've since moved to private, but we found this to be true for a couple staff at when we were at our majority minority DCPS.

*I think families should be treated with respect regardless of income level; the above is just an observation.[/quote]

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