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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this has been an interesting thread. In the end, we are looking at schools in less diverse areas (Whitman, Churchill) and hope that things have changed. If things go badly, we can always move or consider private, both costly options. I hope that I will be more in tune to what my kids will be experiencing that my parents did. 
[b]My fear is that the whites who live in these areas might very well be there because they want to avoid certain demographics.[/b] So this might be a select crowd. I expect that the prom will be an issue for DD. I hope that I can find someone from outside of the school to help us with that. It will be a long way away, but you have to think in advance.
I knew one woman who went to a nearly all white DC girls Catholic school back in the 70s and 80s. I honestly believe that she might have been the "only one". She did well academically, but in all other ways, she was a mess. Even white people have told me about how she seems totally screwed up WRT race. She will blurt out that she is not that dark, unsolicited. She married an Asian man and talks nonstop about how straight and long her daughters hair is. You get it.
All I can do is pray that my kids will not suffer like that. [/quote]

I'm joining in this conversation even though I'm white because I can confirm, sadly, that this bolded statement may be true. I live in a more diverse cluster and frequently hear about white parents who are moving to the areas you mention because our schools here are too "sketchy" or "urban" or some unfortunate euphemism for our school being more nonwhite. That said, schools are big and communities are big and that doesn't mean everyone your child encounters will feel that way. Best of luck.[/quote]

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