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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]As an African American parent, I find this post very troubling- the freak show aspect of it (come talk to me about what it is like to be surrounded by those black people) and the parents that are asking the most inane questions. This anonymous board just allows people to do things they would never do in real life.

Thank you! That is exactly what I was thinking.

PP- Still not reading ... School is majority Hispanic not black. [/quote]

It doesn't matter, that's irrelevant.  The issue is that this post portrays the situation like her child is in some crazy, exotic situation.[/quote]

No, it really does not. But by attacking her repeatedly, you pretty much destroy all of your own credibility. Are you offended because she used the words black and white? Ate you offended that she dared send her child to a school where child is the minority? Becauase in the same position as the op, I actually met several moms just like you. Thankfully, not all, or even most.

I don't think it makes YOU a bad parent. Just one that I personally find unpleasant. But your issues are your own. They have nothing to do with my family.[/quote]

Whoa, I think you need to exercise a little empathy here.  I think the offended PP is wrong AND right at the same time.  Wrong, in that there is basically no way for OP to discuss this subject without highlighting the "otherness" of the kids in the school (as opposed to her own child's otherness). But, she's also wrong because there's no other way to discuss the issue, and without people like OP being willing to discuss it, we'll never learn.  [/quote]

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