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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Are you black? Because if you're not, you may not fully appreciate the difficulties involved. Pointing out one family is hardly comforting.

OP, I posted a thread a few months ago that may be of interest to you - there are some posts that discuss the experiences of black students in mostly while public and private schools. http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/219457.page#2199333 [/quote]

I am Black.  I appreciate the difficulties of being a minority in a school.  But, what do you suggest we do if Blacks account for less than 13% of the population?  Move to Africa where Blacks are the majority of the population?  I await your suggestions.

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I think the answer is different for every family, and there are plenty of good schools in this area where your children will not be the only black child in the class, which was the OP's original concern.  But it annoys me when people who have not experienced life as a black person say things like "suck it up."  And frankly, no matter how well that pp knows those black families, unless the pp is also black or a minority, they may not be getting the full story of what it's like to be a minority student in those schools.  So mostly, I was responding to the "suck it up" comment.  [/quote]

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