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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swear, white people complain about everything! This is embarrassing!  Homeschool your kids if you’re afraid to have them around a diverse group of kids.[/quote]

People are actually talking about lack of diversity. A school that is 84% black, 8% white, 6% Latino, and 2% AAPI? Not diverse. This is like saying that a black family who chooses not to send their children to the 90% white charter school are "afraid of diversity." They are afraid that their child will not fit in or feel welcome. Come on.[/quote]

There are no schools that are 90% white in DC, but lots that are 90-99% black. Just to clarify.[/quote]

Is anyone on the thread confused about that? That's specifically why PP's complaint that white parents are "afraid to have [their kids] around a diverse group of kids" is weird. If you are a white parent in DC public schools (DCPS or charter) you, by definition, are comfortable with the idea of diversity in schools. Of course there are parents who gravitate towards the schools that are 60-70% white (which do exist) and if you want to target those parents for that choice, that's one thing. But generally the issue is just a parent not wanting their kid to be the only white kid in a class, or only one of two (we have been in this situation, FTR).

I have a friend in a different part of the country who I explained these dynamics to and she couldn't relate. Her kid goes to a diverse public school in another urban area that is about 30% white, 30% non-white Hispanic, and maybe 20% black. When she described the racial dynamics (most kids have at least one friend of another race, the school does a lot of multi-cultural events and it's not just head-nodding at different groups -- they are represented by students and staff and families at the events) I felt very jealous. That's what a truly diverse school would look like. But in DC, because so many white parents choose private or head to the suburbs, and there is a lot of self-segregation among POC groups, it's just not like that and probably never will be. You have to adjust your expectations as far as diverse environments.[/quote]

Not fear but want my DC to have things in common with their peers and it just seems to be more cultural socioeconomic.

Also many of these schools that are inbound for the white kids are out of bounds  for the other kids and so it’s still not a neighborhood school with the majority[/quote]

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