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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, two thing s to keep in mind. White people have changed. We are dealing with a more tolerant generation.
Also, do not put black identity before family identity. Some of these issues are related to social class. I am not sure that an upper-middle class white family would be able to relate to the poorest whites in inner city Baltimore or parts of Appalachia. You should not be in a position to get your child to ID with different social classes. The class and identity of your family is your culture. 
I hear you, but as AAs, I think that we deny ourselves the right to have mini cultures like other races do. [/quote]

My parents thought exactly like you do, so I was the "only" in my class through lower school. It was surprisingly conflict free, now that I think about it. Only good memories. You're right about having a strong family identity - we do, possibly out of necessity. For the op, I'd be more concerned about negative influences than racial identity. I may be biased, though.[/quote]

How many of you classmates r u still [b]friends [/b]with today?[/quote]

Still friends with 3 of them. Just saw them last week at another friend's house in NYC for a baby shower. Why? And why is the word "friends" in bold?[/quote]

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