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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I would not recommend raising a biracial child in the area. Too much baggage. Really, biracials just want to be left alone. This thread illustrates that may not be possible. Sad for 2015.[/quote]

So, where is this utopia where I should raise my biracial children?  I grew up in Los Angeles (the U.S.' unofficial biracial Mecca), and all of the issues discussed on this thread were present in LA.  There is no perfect place to raise a biracial child.  [/quote]

Stay away from ungentrified DC and PG County. Too many one-drop perpetuators. You could try NoVa. More tolerant of biracials on the one hand, but you'll deal with more sophisticated racists in whites, Persians, etc... No where is perfect. Also, the comments about the passing bs are dumb. If I'm walking my white-appearing ass down the street and people assume im white that's on them. I'm not passing. I'm minding my own damn bidniss. It's not my job to make sure people know I'm part AA. They have yet to pay a bill of mine. [/quote]

I would actually recommend PG county schools, yes they might be perceived as black...but can still be recognized as "mixed race' I grew up in PG county schools and we had lots of mixed race kids...[b]we looked at them as black but still didn't deny their heritage[/b]. Also the original poster question was about schools and the treatment of kids. I think this is where PG county schools excel more than Moco or Nova. Your child wont have to face "low expectations" from teachers or face being treated any differently mostly because the school system itself is Majority black. The whole "acting white" issue is a NON issue in PG county schools and doesn't exist. I would know I went to PG county schools my whole life. We have bad black kids, nerdy black kids, teachers pets, etc....the term "acting white" for high achieving kids Does not exist...I grew up in LANDOVER! LOL. You have tag centers like Glenarden Woods, and Heather hills in bowie that are no. 2 & 3 in the state when it comes to MSA testing and one is 71 percent black the other 66 percent....A lot of the issues that parents in this thread are complaining about are non issues in PG county[/quote]
I'm sorry, but you're no authority on PG County schools. This is the last place you want to send a biracial child who identifies as such. You, yourself, just said that they are viewed as black, but you don't deny their heritage. That's contradictory! You can't simultaneously respect someone's background and view them differently than their background. This environment is purely poison for the child being raised biracial. They'll be ostracized by the majority trying to indoctrinate them with the "one drop" nonsense. Not to mention, PG County schools are awful, which is why we call it Ward 9 in DC. Are schools are full of PG Countians residency cheating their way into our schools.[/quote]

LMAO you can call PG WARD 9 all u want, but if Wards 1-8 had the test scores of an average PG county school DC would be throwing a ticker tape parade. Its not contradictory at all, a child would not be harassed for being mixed raced...I'm speaking from experience not off rumors or myth. Nor would the child experience the issue of "low expectations" because they are "black"....your issues seems to be an aversion of anything that is considered "black"...the type of person that views something as negative if its a black majority, regardless of what the facts show. For all the complaints of the mixed raced people in this forum they all seemed to have been in DCPS...I didn't see one complaint from a mixed race person from a PGCPS...thats not an accident[/quote]what else does your crystal ball show- Oh Omnicient One?... OP- if you want your child embraced as biracial I would encourage you to start in your home explaining the aversion to that identity. In the ugliness of American values on race and ethnicity he/she will face fall-out from racists of all backgrounds. As a kid myself the one person who taunted me the most was another biracial. So, my point is self-affirmation trumps all and they get that from you. With respect to where is likely to be most healthy, I would look for more progressive areas that are more gentrified, which you can find in DC. You'll have a better chance of encountering reluctance or skepticism in areas where the culture has stagnated. In areas where you don't have much heterogeneity, you'll find people stuck in the status quo box. Good luck OP[/quote]

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