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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney. [/quote]

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. [b]What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean.[/b] Not exactly a rocket science concept here.[/quote]

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us?  I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.  [/quote]

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about "[i] those [/i] people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. [b]A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate.[/b] I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.[/quote]
I'm no Olney fan and I don't live there but everything you said there can be applied to Bethesda and Potomac. As a Black person, I have gotten more "looks" in Bethesada, CC than in Olney. Olney is 61% white while Bethesa is 72% white and CC is over 80%. These two places are definitely not healthy climate.

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Understood. But again, the thing that makes it worse in Olney is that it's very self-contained and more rural, which enhances the feeling even more. Dare I say I'd rather live in Bethesda and CC than Olney as the former 2, in my experience have more understanding people from what I've seen. I know that Sherwood (at least for me personally if I'm raising kids), is a no-go. OP should look into Blake, PB, and other clusters. Case closed.[/quote]

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