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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the helpful suggestions! My auto correct make South Americans into Aspire Americans. SOrry. We thought it was strange that people from Brent said there were lots of Asian/ Arab diversity, and pointed out to the 2 or 3 other families there in the whole school. That to me, does not seem diverse. But maybe I was painted to wrong picture? I'm sure Brent is fantastic for some. [/quote]

Did you actually go to the school or to a school event and come away thinking it is not racially or ethnicly diverse?  Perhaps it is my white person's perspective, but it seems incedibly diverse to me.  Perhaps it is the numerous latina nannies and the visitng Japanese and Chinese teachers that add to the feel of diversity.  Also there don't seem to be any cliques based or race or ethnicity among the students.  There are many inter-racial/ international couples so I imagine that results more diversity in "reality" than is reflected in the offical DCPS numbers.

Also, I think part of the problem is that if you had asked me to name Arabian families at Brent I would not have been able to think of any at first because the Arabian families that do attend Brent don't look similar, dress differently from each other, don't worship the same way, and talk differently from each other, so it is tough to see at first their commonality.  OTOH, I can think of several South American families, but the common language they speak makes it easier to quickly "bunch" them.

As someone who attended a school that, like most public schools in America, had very little racial or ethnic diversity, it is absolutely bizarre to me to hear someone describe Brent as not diverse especially when people have worked so hard to make it as purposefully diverse as it is.  It's like, what else can the school and the community do to be diverse, dang it?   :wink:[/quote]

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