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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it is going to matter whether your daughter is the only "white girl" in her grade.  However, if she is a different SES than everyone else in her grade, that may create some issues and tensions as she gets older.  Not in K, because all little kids love to run around and have fun and play.  [/quote]

PP, I completely agree. However, there are a lot of anxious new parents who DO think race makes a difference, as early as PK, and the whole reason for this thread was to allow them to ask questions and answer those questions based on our positive experience doing the very thing that they fear. [b]Do I think that those fears are more or less unfounded and rooted in prejudice (even when held by very nice people who mean well)? Yes. But I also think that the only way to dismantle one's kneejerk prejudices is to address them head on.[/b] When people hear, "I did the thing that you are afraid of, and it was not actually scary and has actually been great!" they potentially will feel reassured and less scared. There is a 15-page thread about DCPS demographics that I started this thread in response to (along with all the piecemeal times when the subject comes up elsewhere). [/quote]

But you are not in position to address that issue, right? After all, your DD is in PK, right?

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My daughter is in first grade. This is our 3rd year at the school.

[b]Wait, though. Next you'll say, "Your DD is only in 1st - you'll change your mind by 3rd." Then you'll say, "But middle school is when things really start to matter." Then you'll say, "She won't get into college because you made a crappy choice in PK."[/b][/quote]

yeah, i was going to...  :)  good luck to you and your DD, op. [/quote]

I think you missed the times when people already said those things 5, 10, 15 pages back. I'm very proud of DD on all fronts and remain confident that we will all make the best choices for our families. Even the jerk PPs on this thread.[/quote]

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