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Another +1. And as I read it, any anti-Chinese sentiment on those threads arose in response to the weirdly entitled Chinese posters. Also agree with other poster. I'd be amazed if there were more than 20 YY parents posting here out of, what, 400?[/quote]

What I got out of those threads was that YY doesn't care how the DC Chinese think, unless you count a few well-assimilated, high SES families. Asking for a decent number of Chinese speaking kids (using whatever dialect), however you get them, and a Chinese administrator, doesn't sound "weirdly entitled."   It sounds deeply logical.

There are no more than 20 bilingual kids in the school and most of the parents of the other 380 truly are clueless about Chinese culture.  We're AA and aren't returning in the fall.  YY is simply a world unto itself, which most parents like because so few have a connection to the culture.  Most Chinese immigrants arrived after '65, when a ban on Chinese immigratoin was lifted in this country, so they don't have the Civil Rights Movement, or the history of institutional racism in this country, in historical perspecive.  You can calll them names, or try to understand where they're coming from.   
 
I don't think any aspect of the arrangement at YY, or the commentary on these threads, has been sickening, it's just sort of silly, and a non-event in a world where, increasingly, it does pay to relate to Chinese thinking.  A no brainer if there ever was one.

The fact that it's YY leading the DCI charge doesn't inspire confidence in us and other parents.  I dearly wish the Chinese were on board for DCI, their kids soar academically, including those from low-SES famiilies!  Fancy that!

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