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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids who express racist views at the majority white MoCo middle school where I teach learn it so early they don't really understand it. Then, when their beliefs are called into question they become incredibly defensive because accepting that those beliefs are wrong means rejecting their parents and the people at their country clubs. It's really tragic, all the more so because the few students of color inevitably accept and excuse the behavior of their friends in order to fit in. Personally, I'm really glad Whitman's principal is focusing on character education, but I agree with others: it's hard to combat what kids are learning at home.[/quote]

Their parents move heaven and earth to buy into a W school specifically because of demographics. That speaks volumes about their beliefs and values.

This thread prompted me to check out the demographics of other schools. Wooton has a rather sizable Asian demographic. Interestingly, I've had friends from down county criticize our high school as being "too white/not diverse," yet it seems far more diverse than the Whitman. (Talking about Sherwood.)[/quote]

It's most likely a hidden "FARMs" comment. Sherwood HS has fewer FARMs than any DCC school.  I agree that SHS has grown in diversity.  It's now about half white, half minority - but only 15% FARMs.

Northwood, for example, is over 50% FARMs.[/quote]

Sherwood is not in the DCC cluster. Sherwood is its own cluster.  :roll: Sherwood when DH was a student was primarily white, a few black faces, very little Latinos or Asians. Is Sherwood a smidge more diverse? Sure. But Sherwood is in Olney, which has the small town feel and can be cliquey depending on who you ask. Kids can be taught to be racially sensitive and inclusive but make their own paths as we saw with the Charlottesville riots. The parents of one kid explicitly stated on TV that they taught their kid about inclusiveness and they have friends of varying backgrounds. Every child/person must choose a path that they feel most comfortable with, whether it is inclusiveness or exclusiveness. I’m not sure why the OP of this thread even has this thread. I’m a MCPS teacher and we’ve had every kind of divesirty training that I can think of and varying ways to get kids to be inclusive......However, again it is up to the individual child. [/quote]

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