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[quote=Anonymous]DC is about 40% black (and 40% white) so if you’re from a whiter country it’s likely to seem very black to you.  Due to the history of slavery and discrimination, black people on average are more likely to be poor, more likely to have limited access to higher education, abd more likely to be discriminated against in white collar professions.  As such, childcare (being a fairly low paying job that can have entrance positions with lower skill requirements) is a career that is accessible.  
A reasonable number of people who start out as babysitters and then become daycare teachers really like the work but want to be paid more and get involved in the administrative side of things.  The daycare my kids go to has entirely black staff as it happens; they’re all absolutely wonderful.

Also worth noting the black culture is not a monolith — several of my kids’ teachers are DC natives born and raised, others are immigrants from Jamaica and Kenya and Mexico, others are from other parts of the US.[/quote]

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