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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question here. We are a black family and considering BS in a couple of years. We live in Silver Spring/Rosemary Hills. Our child is a very attractive, likeable, social toddler. Sadly, I've begun to see that this really matters. I SAH and DH is a lawyer.

We are not Catholic. We want a private school and really don't want to pay big 3 money. DH and I both attended a preppy SLAC and I think I get the culture of a place like BS. I'm not worried about other moms not wanting to be my friend. But, will my kid be ok? [/quote]

Your child will probably be fine.

But you should really do more homework to understand just who these Catholics really are and what their history has been (especially the Irish that are the dominant group). There are any number of books you can read. Your daughter will be surrounded by this sub-culture.

There's nothing wrong with it. It's just a little different.[/quote]

What are some of those books? Thanks![/quote]

Lots and lots of books and articles including:

“The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America” by Lawrence J. McCaffrey
“How the Irish Became White” by Noel Ignatiev 
“Roman Catholicism in America” by Chester Gillis

Until the Irish arrived in the 1840's and 1850's, Roman Catholicism was just another Christian sect. It was the Irish who insisted on their own schools, their own clubs, etc.
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Is that true? Interesting. I'm going to look up those books! Thanks![/quote]

Definitely read about it.  Add in the "No Irish Need Apply" during the same time and you will see how the schools and clubs became central to the Irish American community.

Signed,
proud 2nd generation Irish Catholic[/quote]

Black PP again. This is totally believable. It's like current white Americans are just so unaware of how nativist and racist America has always been. Each new wave of immigrants has been met with resistance and discrimination and had to form their own communities and networks. They had to take care of their own because they could not depend on anyone else to treat them fairly. [/quote]

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