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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Hispanic and I would be annoyed if a meeting with that title were held at my child's school. If the meeting is going to be run in Spanish, call the meeting - Spanish meeting or bilingual English-Spanish meeting. If it is for parents who need to learn more about the school system, label the meeting that way. My DH and I are college educated Hispanics with kids who are academically advanced. A meeting with that title assumes Hispanic parents ALL don't understand the school system or need help. We have a hard enough time with people assuming we aren't educated.  Last week my husband went to pick up my son afterschool and some kid asked if my husband was the janitor, I suppose because he is brown. [/quote]

I was just going to write the same thing!  I'm mixed race and I find it offensive.  As if ALL Latino parents are the same and need 'extra' help or 'extra' meetings.  If it's for parents who speak Spanish, then label it as a 'bilingual' meeting, and maybe offer it in other languages, if needed.  The idea that Latino parents need their own meeting implies that we need help because we're not competent enough to figure things out on our own.  I don't like the message it sends.  [/quote]

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