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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is a POC and attends Deal. She attended a JKLM elementary. I have to say I'm disappointed that even after moving to a more diverse school all her new friends are white (maybe because all of her elementary school friends were white?). [/quote]

That's interesting. Is it possible to just be happy she has friends? [/quote

To PP and others - I'm the poster from above and nope, I don't think it's enough to just have friends. The lack of positive interaction between people of different backgrounds causes a lot of problems in our country. I don't want my DC to center her life around a norm of whiteness. I want her to care about the different experiences people go through and to share in them. Yes, it's the easiest thing, the most comfortable thing to associate with those the most similar to us. And I worry that she is the most comfortable around white people and not even her own racial/ethnic group. Ideally I think we would have friends who are similar and friends who are different on many dimensions. [/quote]

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