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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's a broader question of racial minority; it can be being a minority in other ways.  OP, think about these extra issues.

Someone is always going to be the tallest, shortest, fastest, slowest, etc.  But if the same person is many of these things, that's when it really can be crushing.

My friend had her DD in a predominately white, community-based pre-school class.  In that class, she was the only AA kid.

However, she was ALSO the only adopted kid, the only kid in a single parent household (no dad), the only kid who lived in a location far from the school (so not easy to have playdates with), the only kid in the class who had been held back a year, etc.  There were too many areas where she was an outlier on the bell curve, so it's like "not fitting in" from too many angles.

It was hard on her and her mom, and around 1st grade they found another school where she was not an outlier except for where she lived--but even that wasn't an outlier situation because nobody else lived near the new school either.  She's really happy these days...omg she's 17 now! ha![/quote]

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