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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd recommend looking into Eaton. It has a lot of diversity, both racially & socio-economically, & very strong academics. We are a biracial family & have found it to be a warm, welcoming & inclusive environment.[/quote]

I agree with this.  As a mixed race family, the first thing I would look at, considering any school, is the demographic profile.  No way I would send my kids to predominantly black school.  Eaton's demographics mirror as closely as we would like to find for our family.   If you look at DCPS you can compare school profile pages easily.  If you do want a demographic profile that is not 80%+ white don't even bother looking at Janney, Key, Lafayette, Murch, or Mann.[/quote]

Are you mixed raced? So whats the difference between a majority black school and a majority white one? Are black people an evil group of people or something? My goodness the racism and ignorance directed toward blacks in this thread is an eye opener. I'm not mad though I like hearing what "others" really think about my race no matter how ignorant. It lets me and my family know what the read deal is[/quote]

+1000 This thread is so racist it's shocked.

I'm biracial, before you all start posting that I don't understand, and I'm appalled by the blanket statements by mother's of biracial children in this thread. I'm hoping and praying that the children are less prejudiced than their parents. [/quote]
Could you explain what's so racist? I think people are getting upset that AAs are being criticized. That's not racist. The comments are directed at AAs who take it upon themselves to force racial identity on children. Certainly, white people have been guilty of this. AAs are too and deserve being called out. Perhaps the behavior will change, perhaps it won't. Until then biracial children are better off in diverse areas where they self-identification may be respected. In all black enclaves it's typical that the "one drop" rule will be acknowledged as valid. This disgusting racist viewpoint has no place in our society. And biracial kids don't deserve to be subjected to it.[/quote]

And who CREATED that view point? Def not African Americans...blacks accepted "mixed" people into their community because they faced the same hardships and discrimination as fully black people. Had blacks turned their backs on mixed raced people you all would be whining about that. Blacks accepting bi racial people has nothing to do with some silly stupid notion of "keeping our numbers up"...thats something white racist worry about, that has never been an issue or discussion in the black community. Its almost laughable that Bi racial people actual think that. I know plenty of Bi racial kids who grew up in black enclaves and none has the mental issues or anger towards AA like the bi racial people posting in this thread. Its clear you dont like AA period, it has nothing to do with some one drop rule or your experience with AA...because I seriously doubt you have EVER lived around AA...I'm 100 percent positive you grew up mostly around whites which is where your anger, hatred, and rage towards AA comes from[/quote]

Oh super -- now you're generalizing!  Every biracial person you know had a super positive experience therefore everyone else is delusional!  And everyone nows the one-drop rule is the creation of white supremacists but that doesn't mean that SOME black people haven't internalized it and perpetuated it in their treatment of biracial people.

My point is those people in this thread Attacking AA have no experience growing up with them, they are BIGOTS hiding behind a bi racial excuse. They dont like blacks REGARDLESS...its super annoying that they dont just come out and say it. I'm sorry black people dont go around bad mouthing and attacking biracial people. Obama didn't have this issue nor Halle, nor did Anthony G. Brown. Yes someone will say something ignorant towards you at least once in your life...but to make it seem as if cultural blacks are this angry group of people bent on attacking biracial people and trying to kidnap them into their group is LUDICROUS. There are a bunch of Biracial people with a 'white supremist" attitude
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President Obama, Halle Berry and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown don't get much flack from black people because they publicly identify as black.  If President Obama had stressed that he was biracial throughout his campaign, you would have MOST LIKELY seen a very different response from a large swath of the AA community.  If you need an example, please see Tiger Woods--or anyone else who strongly states their bi/multiracialism.  I'm certainly not saying that ALL AAs try to force biracial people to "just choose black."  However, there is often a strong negative reaction when biracial people simply state "I'm biracial."  You may be familiar with such responses as: "You must think you're better than me;" "You just don't want to be black;" "You must not have grown up around black people."    [/quote]
This. This. This! [b]President Obama purposefully chose black instead of checking more than one box on the US Census for the sole purpose of not upsetting AAs. [/b]He had theopportunity to start the national conversation and he didn't I was saddened by that behavior. I hope another national figure with courage will one day get the gumption to "come out". Biraical children are waiting.[/quote]

Now you have the supernatural ability to read hearts and minds, while also insisting which boxes they should check. If you don't want people insisting which box you check, you have no right insisting which box others check. [/quote]

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