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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]people of similar backgrounds group together, race/class/religion/politics etc it's completely normal and expected[/quote]

Are they though, particularly in this area? This has not been either of my kids experiences in school or among their friends outside of school at all. They are in high school and have never had a group of friends with a predominant racial profile.[/quote]

Are you white? [/quote]

Whether or not they are I’m totally calling BS on this one. [/quote]

Why is that strange? Np here. I am white and grew up with a diverse group of friends. Not from this area but it's not rare. My own kid also has a diverse group of friends. We also go to church with a diverse group of people. [/quote]

NP. I’m black and from this area. Also grew up with a fairly diverse set of friends. But there was absolutely a black table. Also, I attended more than one county of schools, including JEB Stuart. There were AA, Hispanic, Vietnamese, Korean, misc tables at lunch even in majority minority districts. People will always find a way to cluster. I never really picked one table and didn’t run with a clique, which is why I had diverse friends. But people absolutely silo off, and this is common.  I find it depends on what area you went to school in as to how diverse your friends were. Diversity in 22042 was very different gam the diversity I had in 22182.[/quote]

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