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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2nd Gen Asian here. I wouldn't send my kid to a 50% school. I think it's great in terms of developing a positive cultural identity and having lots of friends who "get" being immigrants or children of immigrants but 50% doesn't represent what our kids will see in the real world. I'd look for a school with a lower % Asian - not too low that my kid is isolated but not too high that my kid only is making friends with Asians and thinks that's how it is in higher Ed and the work force (or worse, being biased against non - Asians). My HS growing up over indexed for Asians but it also had plenty of white, black and Hispanic students. I made friends with everyone and it's helped when navigating relationships and work in the real world. [/quote]

I don’t think schools need to represent what  they will see in real world. You don’t know what real world they will go in. Chances are that their future careers and places to live would be heavily concentrated with Asians as they tend to focus on STEM majors.  Growing up with their own ethnic group has a big advantage in building confidence in identity which the current second generation of Asians lack as there weren’t so many Asians when they grew up. [/quote]

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