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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re white and send our DC to a majority-minority school in DC that we love. [b]We talk a LOT about how people can look different (different colors of skin, hair, eyes, but also different heights and weights, genders, etc) but we’re all the same on the inside. Also lots of conversation about how being different makes us all special and that we should celebrate and be proud of our differences. Big emphasis on kindness and empathy all around.[/b] [/quote]

This is what we do, and it was actually spurred on when my twins, while quite young, met a girl at the swimming pool with a large birthmark on her face. Since then we have talked all the time about how everyone looks different and that's awesome and we are all people, no matter what we look like, but that some mean people treat people differently because of how they look and that's not ok. Additionally, we talk a lot about standing up for what is right, so you are responsible not only for your own words and behavior but also for saying something when someone else acts badly.[/quote]

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