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[quote=Anonymous]This is not a ridiculous question.

Both of my (white) children have attended pgcps public schools and been the only white children in their classes some years. MOSTLY it has been fine. They have had no problems fitting in with black (or in one school, Hispanic) kids and no discrimination at all from teachers (who have been both black and white).

My son did experience some upsetting comments from other children along the lines of: "You can't come to my party because you're white." This was in first or second grade and I think this was an age of all the kids exploring what "race" means in our society. That is to say, I don't think the comments were necessarily malicious and they had the potential to be a teaching moment for all.

I actually think it's a benefit that my white kids are confronted with issues of race that most American children do not have to think about. It offers a very different perspective to be a minority in this type of setting and hopefully will provide deeper insight and greater empathy in the future. 
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