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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, sis. I am so, so sorry. It's telling that so many posters believe you are trolling them. It's my experience from surveying white friends that none of them ever actual spoke to their children about being understanding that people come in different colors, styles, religions, etc. It's not on their radar hence the nonsense that turns to defensiveness (because "I don't see color") and it's a big annoying situation where the subtext is "what did you expect Ruby Bridges?" (google that fools).

I wish you had looked on this board because there have been many black mothers who posted about Northern Virginia schools and the consensus is -- oddly -- our children do better in a school like Hayfield or West Springfield than Yorktown. There are theories why which I am not touching with a ten foot pole, but in my experience, this has been confirmed.

I am a physician at AHC and my DH works in Tysons. We were candidates for North Arlington or the McLean area and chose to buy a house in West Springfield. Yes, we could have afforded a nicer place, but our experience has been consistently outstanding, there is a small, but meaningful cohort of children who are black and the issues you are describing would have never, ever been tolerated in our school.

FWIW, I hate to say it but you are kind of stuck with a few choices. Move, move schools or try to find a place for your DD to go to school that won't kill her spirit. I'm so sorry.[/quote]

+1000

Move to a cheaper area or welcome to the resistance.

My white friends don't talk about race either. We talk about race (half asian/half white) because my DS identifies as white. HE IS NOT. It's a problem that I'm working on: cultural shame is not cool. But you want your kids to have self awareness too-- and not be blatantly and blase about race. So, we talk about it.

I still think you need a lawyer. The school code strictly prohibits lack of action when it comes to bullying.

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