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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My biracial kid is at walls. He is a senior and has had a good experience.
He is on a couple of sports teams but not baseball. In his opinion, some students are more sensitive and more easily offended than others.
He has not experienced or seen any race issues at Walls. Not saying they don’t exist but fortunately his experience at the school has been positive.
He thinks any racial issues at the school are most likely unintentional. He likes the Walls community a lot and appreciates how inclusive it is.
He believes the school should not have suspended the baseball students. He thinks if a parent was offended, then a conversation should have been scheduled to educate the students on the racial connotations of the song. This is obviously just one student’s opinion. Others may disagree.[/quote]

I hope you’re teaching your kid that whenever anyone says something is offensive to them, instead of thinking of them as “sensitive”, they should be heard and believed. Also, please teach him that even if an issue is unintentional, that doesn’t make it not racist. I really hope you’re not letting him get away with brushing off the very real experiences and feelings of other Black students on campus. [/quote]

NP but this parent is letting their kid ‘get away’ with something by expressing his experiences with the school?  He can have a different experience and opinion.  All non white kids at the school are not a monolith.  It didn’t say he was sweeping feelings under the rug.  He is entitled to his experience at the school.[/quote]

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