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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was the only white boy in his K class at a school 95% black/brown.  It’s different than being the only black/brown kid in an all-white environment in important ways.

For us, the bigger problem was being the only UMC family when it came to things like community, play dates, birthday parties, etc. [/quote]

How? A minority is a minority. No one can speak for and represent every single unique experience.

You could be a minority in race, gender, intelligence, wealth, etc.  You are the minority if you are not representing the majority of whatever group is in question.

If they can’t learn how to stand out in school, where else will they learn?

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It’s different bc my white son has to deal with unconscious assumptions, but they were that he was on grade level, well behaved and had a steady home life. E had role models who looked like him literally everywhere.  Schools and other institutions were set up for people like him to succeed. That’s not true of minority races. [/quote]

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