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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you were to visit most schools in this area you will find black American students and Black African and Black Caribbean students mingling interchangeably.

I assume that the issue might be your daughter’s proximity to whiteness and not her Africanness.[/quote]

I'm the pp of the first response. This could be an issue as well. The other girls may feel like she may not be " black enough" to fit in with them or may want to be white based upon her current friends. [/quote]

It's this.  Nothing to do with her Africanness, it's because they think she prefers the company of white people.  If she had a mixed friend group (which a lot of AA's have), it would be different, but it sounds she exclusively hangs out with white kids, because that's where she's most comfortable for whatever reason.  The AA kids aren't going to go out of their way to include someone who they perceive as having no interest in them.[/quote]

She's tried to make small talk and was responded to so rudely. Do they want her to shirk her established friend group to be included? Ridiculous.[/quote]

Remember these are teens girls that we are referring to. They are rude and snarky unfortunately. [/quote]

Right? This adds to the complexity.  Teens are not the most mature of social beings.[/quote]

Granted teens can be obnoxious, but there are kind teens out there who know how to be welcoming and don't make assumption about people because of their friends. That would make me question whether those are even friends worth having.[/quote]

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