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We are not talking about the world population. We are talking about MCPS population.  A handful of Black and Latino kids is not diverse.  Diverse doesn't mean just what country you are from.  It has to do with the color of your skin and, in MCPS case, your SES.  For example, an all white school that is mostly made of kids from all over Europe is not considered to be diverse in the way it is used in the US.

You can define "diversity" how you want it, but it won't mean the same when speaking to the general population, and certainly, not on DCUM.

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I'm sorry.   I didn't know there were official rules about how the word 'diverse' was to be used on DCUM.       I was using the  Miriam-Webster definition
"including representatives from more than one social, cultural, or economic group, especially members of ethnic or religious minority groups"

A school with kids from all over Europe would be wonderfully diverse -- Bosnian Muslims, Irish Catholics, and Anglo-Indians mixing with Portuguese and Swedes.      So many different languages,  cuisines, sports, music.       I want my kids to learn that Montgomery County is not the world, and that "the American way" may not be shared by the rest of the world.     Of course, I would much prefer that the school also included the Asian cultures that dominate the world.

On the other hand, I would find a school that was one-third white, one-third Latino, and one-third black Americans to not nearly as diverse.       
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