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Honestly, I take all these witness accounts with a grain of salt. We live in a very "poor me" society today, and it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between painful, traumatizing discrimination and just dealing with being different, through no fault of anyone's.

I was educated in different countries because of my father's job. During one 4 year stretch, I was not only the [u]sole foreigner[/u], but also the [u]sole mixed-ethnicity student[/u] of the entire school. I was bullied and teased for a little while, but I dealt with it and made good friends. It felt absolutely no different than later on, when I went to an international, diverse school full of kids of mixed ethnicity.

So suck it up, kiddos. We all have to deal with things.

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I'm assuming you didn't hear the NPR discussion.  This [u]child[/u] sounded visibly upset as she talked about how she would have given up the equity and resources associated with her Whitman experience if she wouldn't known then what she knows now.  She talked about how some student were called the "n" word, and how the vast majority of students didn't care about discrimination because they never had to think about it themselves.  And that her experience in the Minority Scholars Program was a saving grace.

But good for you, I guess?  You assume your experience was similar to hers, and that therefore she should just suck it up.  Nice going.

I went to Blair and was picked on by some Latino kids, what conclusions should we jump to and make policy off of?

If anyone wants to listen, it's around the 49:00 mark.

https://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio/#/shows/2019-02-28/kojo-roadshow-a-town-hall-on-school-diversity-in-montgomery-county/113756/@00:00

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Can your repeat any concrete examples of what she didn’t like about her high school experience?
Was she called names? Made fun of? Grade more easily or more harshly? Not allowed on teams or clubs? Made no friends? [/quote][/quote]

I went to Blair and was picked on by some Latino kids, what conclusions should we jump to and make policy off of? [/quote]

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