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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much does this factor into what neighborhood you live in and what school you choose? I live in an area of NOVA that has a good number of Hispanics, Asians/East Asians and mixed kids, and my child is mixed Asian and white. I keep going back and forth on whether to find a house here or look in NW DC. I looked at Wilson High, Deal, Murch demographics and the numbers are more like 30-50%+ black and Hispanic and only 5% Asian and/or 2-5% mixed race. If you are a minority parent or parent to a mixed (especially Asian/other race mix), how did this factor into your decision making? Growing up in a white area myself, it was important for me to find an area that was racially and socioeconomically diverse, but I go back and forth on whether the specific kind of racial diversity is important. What are your thoughts? I hated being only one of 2 Asian kids in my school, so that is where I am coming from.

We are looking at purchasing a home and settling down and I would love to hear other opinions. [/quote]

I'd find a school with great academics and at least 10% Asian Am representation. That's it.[/quote

I'm Asian and DH is White, we have 2 DD's and used to live in NOVA and now live in the suburbs in a majority upperclass white neighborhood in a different state. I miss the diversity of the NOVA area terribly and when our kids were in preschool there were at least 2-3 other half Asian/White children in their classes as well. (But my experience was that the mothers who were Asian saw me as competition rather than seeing the connections/similarities) So although nice for my kid to not feel like the only, it didn't really translate to anything during that time period we lived there in terms of community.  However, as usual there are pros and cons with every place. I also hated being the only Asian growing up but it also made me kind of feel special.[/quote]

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