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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. It's not an issue because not a single poster can point to a single specific or even general problem. But you know, knock yourself out. Next item will be....(1) NRWBSPID..[/quote]

Obviously parents are not going to post on this site if they have had a troubling or heart breaking issue. There are not that many AA teenage boys at Sidwell ands a detailed post would out the family. I can tell you what: I  have heard the same comments from parents who had AA children at Sidwell 15 years ago, 10 years ago and right now. All basically said the same thing: AA teenage boys get disciplined beyond what their parents thought was fair and there is tension over dating across racial lines. [/quote]

Why is it always ....i have heard the same same from ``parents.''  Unless you are a parent at the school, that's just a rumor. The idea that dating across racial lines is a problem seems absurd on its face.  Sounds like someone from an older generation is trying to create racial tension where there is none. [/quote]

Sorry, the dating issue happened to my neice who is interracial herself and a boy said point blank that he could not date her because she was black.  This happened last year at a private school and it was not Sidwell.  The idea that Sidwell would be immune from this is insane, no school is immune.

OP, I'm not sure if you can do this at Sidwell or not but try to approach a random parent from the school and ask them.  I have done this before and I was amazed at the candidate feedback that I have received.  I have even talked with people the school has selected as escorts during admission events.  When I spoke to them one on one and got them comfortable to talk about race they did not say anything bad necessarily but I definitely got a feeling for the racial relations.  How their child fit in and things that they wished would change.  [/quote]

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