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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We looked at WIS. And while they have international diversity, they definitely lacked in having students who present as black or brown.  That is just a fact. As an earlier poster said, the 5% black or af-am includes international folks who would identify as black. We were pretty shocked by the “whiteness” of WIS - it is not like there are not wealthy black/brown people from other countries - or even (gasp) from right here in DC. It seems WIS is not attracting them, or maybe is not attractive to them…[/quote]

Wow. I appreciate this information. We definitely won't be applying there.[/quote]

That can’t be right. My child went to a WIS birthday party where not a single child was fully white. Keep in mind black French or Francophone people often identify as French. They are uncomfortable identifying themselves by the color of their skin. Not sure if that shifts the numbers given that half the school is French speaking. It does, however, mean that race discussions are very different at WIS than at a typical DC school[/quote]

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