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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would it matter to your kid if he was a minority at the school? My kids don't see colors in people and don't understand why it would even matter. [/quote]

Well, you probably have never been a minority I am assuming if you are asking me this question. At this age, it doesn't matter to my child but he is starting to notice that he is the only "brown one" in his class. He hasn't said it bothers him yet but he is definitely noticing.  I know as my child gets older it would be beneficial to have some other minorities around for various reasons.  One reason, and the reason I asked the question, is if there are negative attitudes towards minorities at a particular school is makes it easier to cope if you have others there with you to weather the storm.  Also, culturally one is often not privy to cultural cues and mores if one does not grow up around and do not go to school with others of a similar racial group.  As children get older, I have seen at some schools that students tend to gravitate towards children of their own race in terms of friendship and it makes it hard to create close bonds with anyone if you are always seen as "different".  I haven't eloquently described why it matters  but as someone who has been a racial minority my whole life, I promise you that at some point it starts to matter. And yes, I attended various schools that were racially diverse to non--racially diverse and turned out fine but I know from experience that it can be tough being the only racial minority in a class/school especially if it is a competitive environment. I did well but it's tough knowing ahead of time what type of challenges your child might face. I said "might" because I don't know if that would be the case in this area and 25 -30 years after I was in the same situation.  Which is why I asked.[/quote]

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