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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely agree.  As a Howard grad (biracial), knowing many Howard grads with kids and grand kids, I can't imagine a 5 year old saying "it's a black thing" ever! Maybe at the middle school level, but still that could be a stretch.  You'll notice that the poster that said her 5 year had that was told that hasn't spoken up, I'm sure it was a statement s/he made up to emphasize his/her stance, but sounds like a bunch of lies to me.[/quote]

As a naive white "gentrifier" in a neighborhood not far from Howard, I was - and am - shocked by the vulgar things I have heard small children say.  I don't blame their race or their schools, I blame their parents.  I'm sure their unfortunate economic circumstances play a large part, but ultimately the lack of appropriate parenting and adult role-models in their lives is irreplaceable.  It's possible to be poor and still be well-raised and goal-oriented.  There's no excuse for teaching or allowing your elementary school aged child to say to a random stranger "Kill that white bitch!"

If I hadn't heard it, I never would have believed it.  And I've heard it more than once.  So, I'm new to this thread, but "It's a black thing" is hardly an inconceivable racial fireball in my experience.  I've lived on this side of 14th street for a decade now, I can handle it, though it saddens me.  However, there's more than one good reason that I would never let my children attend the local DCPS pipeline-to-the-penitentiary.

(BTW, my offense was walking up the street - on the other side - within view of said vulgar small child.)[/quote]

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