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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a sensitive question, but I'm wondering if I can get some insight on my new situation. I am in financial trouble and need to move. I am a single mom and am looking into moving into a school district that the elementary school is a 2 on Greater Schools. It's primarily black and Hispanic students and 7% white. My son is in 2nd grade that would be leaving a affluent more evenly diverse school. I have heard black parents on here say that the discrimination will always be a problem. I have never really talked to my son about race issues. My question is this: how do kids treat white kids when the white students are the minority? When parents see a white kid hanging out with their kid, do they feel worried that they will be treated diffeently? Do you talk to your kids about racist stuff? [/quote]

I taught at a school just like that.  We had maybe a handful of white middle class kids, and everyone else poor black or latino.  It was so-so.  There was some bullying, mostly verbal and not too awful, and they certainly didn't fit in.  The problems were minor until later grades, like 5 and 6, when kids really tend to group up and notice differences.  Still, while not ideal, it didn't seem too awful for most of the kids.  A lot left for gifted centers in 3rd grade though, and I would say that would be the best bet if possible.  Middle class kids tended to hang out with other middle class kids, regardless of color.  They didn't talk about racist stuff exactly, but "white" was considered an insult word that kids would accuse each other of, and sometimes the middle class kids got teased for being "rich."  There were definitely a couple of black teachers that were racist and picked on non-black kids, or deliberately didn't stop bullying by black kids.  If it's your only option, it might be OK.  Some kids were just fine.  After all, it's a chance to shine, since most students are way below grade level.  Some kids even thrived, but most just kept their heads down and got through it until middle school, when there more kids like them around.  [/quote]

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