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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hispanic PP:

OP here. I understand why you feel marginalized in these conversations. However, I would respectfully ask that you pay at least as much attention to my responses to your concerns as you do to the omission of "non-Latino" (or "non-Hispanic" which you seem to prefer). I think I was pretty clear about the ethnic makeup of the school in all but my original post as well as the cultural differences that accompany a Latino majority school for an English speaking ethnically Northern European family. Thank you. [/quote]

And I respectfully ask you to notice that your response still comes under a factually wrong and offensive title, and that you have (apparently) ignored my suggestion to have the thread retitled a more accurate "AMA: Why my daughter loves her Hispanic-majority school."[/quote]

Factually wrong, I get.  But can you explain how grouping Hispanics with racial minorities is actually *offensive*?[/quote]

Because we're not a race, but an ethnicity, and in choosing to repeatedly ignore this difference (assuming you are OP) you are actively choosing to ignore our identity and, by extension, us.[/quote]

Your beef is with DCPS because DCPS uses White and Hispanic.  Which you should actually recognize over an improvement of including all Hispanics in the White category, but you have some other point to make.  [/quote]

You are wrong. DCPS would never say OP's daughter is the "only white girl" in her grade. OP chose to hide in her title and opening post the fact that most classmates are Hispanic -- that would have been pretty obvious looking at DCPS stats.[/quote]

OP here.

I just looked at the DCPS school profile. The "demographics" section list Black, Hispanic/Latino, White, Asian, Pacific/Hawaiian, Native/Alaskan, and Multiple Races. It is clear that DCPS, at the very least, distinguishes between "Hispanic/Latino" and "White" when reporting the demographics of their students. At this point, you and I will have to agree to disagree. [/quote]

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