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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are European and want out children to be comfortable in school knowing they are with other European children. Please suggest elementary schools that are high concentration of white kids.

I am serious. This Indian thread and the other Asian thread are beyond racist. [/quote]
+1

We are white and at a diverse school, but the whole cheerleading squad is black. Where can I find a school with cheerleaders that look like my child? Is this also a legitimate ask?[/quote]

Not OP, but can speak to this because we share their situation and relate to this: "I would like to make some connections with Indian families due to our kids and we don't have any family in this area." A part of me wants to respond snarkily, but that doesn't get us anywhere, so I'll treat your question as though it were sincere.

When you're part of the majority/plurality, it's easy to find other people who look like you and have similar lived experiences. For minorities, especially immigrant families, experiences that feel welcoming to the majority can feel isolating, and this may not be obvious to you ("you" as in those in the majority/plurality). I'm the child of immigrants myself, and I watched my parents maintain friends only from their own community. They went with this defensive mechanism because of how they were treated by others; it's an approach I personally avoid, but I totally get it when I see others do the same today. Not saying this is what OP wants, but just pointing out why some immigrant communities stick together. (And please note that nowhere did OP say they [i]only [/i]want to hang out with Indian families.)

Second, I want my kids to know their home experiences/traditions are normal, even if they're relatively uncommon in this area.

Finally, on a related note, bicultural families come with their own hybrid characteristics that align even less with our segregated societies. We've increasingly sought out the company of other bicultural families because they immediately get the good and bad we've gone through.

So, next time, if you honestly cannot understand why someone makes a certain choice, please just ask them what's driving it, instead of making it about you.[/quote]

+1 Nicely said.
I was just speaking with another mom about this a few months ago. Our school is 15 percent Asian and I know families from that minority group that chose the school, among other reasons, because it had a cluster of kids from their minority group. They were not looking for a majority Asian school but they wanted to know their children would not stick out and because they were bringing curry or sushi for lunch and that when kids made fun of the color of their skin or called their kids "chinks" there would be enough peers that it would be socially unacceptable for the people making derogatory comments to keep doing so.  [/quote]

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