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[quote=Anonymous]OP  I am African American and  was raised in a once predominantly black neighborhood in North Arlington and most of my siblings and parents have moved from Arlington in the last ten years because it is no longer the Arlington we loved.  During the pandemic we pulled our last two children out of Arlington schools because we saw it as an opportunity to get them away from the bullying that was never ending in their predominantly white North Arlington school.  Their private school has a wide range of racial and economic diversity and the way Arlington school were I grew up.  The moms at our neighborhood school gave me a wide berth because someone described me as "an angry black woman" when I questioned a school board member about the re-districting that would turn our neighborhood walking school into a bus school.

When my older children were in elementary school, the moms were nicer but I began to see the change as more new homes were built in our neighborhood.  The birthday party invitations stopped and I heard from one mom another mother could not explain the presence of our child to her parents.

We both have businesses in Arlington and are making plans to sell them earlier than expected. If Missing Middle goes through the County will become even more white and more affluent, especially in the North.  We have finally reached the point that we don't care about leaving Arlington because it is no longer the place we love.

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