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[quote=Anonymous]Ok several posts asked about why guinea pig versus trail blaze?  Why does it matter if there is only one or two?  In my mind trail blaze is reserved for those who helped de-segregate schools by force in difficult circumstances.  Frankly the rest of us are stumbling around trying to figure out what our past says about future and I mean that for all folks of all races and classes, because no one is immune to racist feelings or inclinations.   I did try to do a school where my daughter was the only white kid, even kindergartners were just plain mean in how they treated my child.  Constantly she was told to shut up because she would not know because it was a "black thing."  She was not invited to anyone's events, but told about them after.  Some of it was the way extended families work in this area, much of it was these kids really did not see a white kid lasting so why try.   I also struggled with all the inappropriate grammar she kept picking up.  I did not see the teachers correcting any of the kids grammar and I did not want my child normalizing it.  I have seen people not hired because their grammar and it matters.  This was kindergarten, no we did not fit in and I was not going to fight the tide.  I needed to put my energy into my kid and paying the mortgage. There was no way I could change this school or these kids too strong of societal pressures.  Figured out the lottery and still in a diverse school but the class of the kids is just a lot higher.  [/quote]

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