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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Olney and see much less of the good ol' boy, redneck vibe over the last 10 years as younger, mostly professional families move in and older folks leave.  [/quote]

I still see the redneck vibe and wholeheartedly stand by my comment.[/quote]

Tonight, rabid DCUM user who has never been to Olney cries loudly. More at ten. [/quote]

Tonight at 11: my sources come from a family member who works at the Brooke Grove nursing home and has had many experiences in the town of Olney. Moving on from the troll, at least the HS has the current county teacher of the year, so at least that's a positive there.[/quote]

In other words, you don’t have any first-hand experience. I’m a poc living in Olney for 30+ years and I’ve never had a negative or even borderline racist experience here, and neither have any of my other POC friends and family.

I find all need to be diverse, inclusive and a very good place to raise a family.

Well you were lucky. I lived in Olney from the 70's through the early 90's and was called the n word numerous times by strangers and in school. I am in my 50's now and can remember each incident vividly. I will say it was a safe neighborhood and overall I had good experiences growing up there. My parents did a good job instilling a sense of self in me so I never took the racial slurs or slights to heart.

My experiences at Sherwood were positive growing up, and my own children have had very positive experiences. There were a couple of events last year but they were addressed and I believe they were isolated to those people. I also think those incidents are not isolated throughout high schools in Montgomery county with big mouth kids we think spewing racist words is OK. You’ll find it at every school from Einstein to Whitman.

[/quote][/quote]Well you were lucky. I lived in Olney from the 70's through the early 90's and was called the n word numerous times by strangers and in school. I am in my 50's now and can remember each incident vividly. I will say it was a safe neighborhood and overall I had good experiences growing up there. My parents did a good job instilling a sense of self in me so I never took the racial slurs or slights to heart.[/quote]

Where do you live now? Olney isn’t that way now. My biracial kids have never had anything racist come their way.[/quote]

This was in the 80's so I'm sure things have changed. At least I hope they have. I live in NW DC now.[/quote]

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