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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see this at my kids’ private school, but financial status has something to do with it also.  The wealthier African-American kids integrate and are part of their friend groups.  These kids live in the same neighborhoods, attended the same K-8 schools, vacation in the same spots, etc. as the white kids.

The African American kids who I presume are scholarship kids based on their addresses stick together.

I’ve assumed this has more to do with commonalities than race, but maybe I’m wrong.[/quote]

Ok this is pathetic.  These children make their friendships based on the ones who vacation in the same spots and live in the same neighborhoods?   The lower income Black kids don’t hang out with the higher income Blacks?    I think you don’t know what you’re talking about.   And you didn’t mention White kids.  Do they also choose their friends by vacation spots and financials? [/quote]

Dp. Finances dictate a lot for kids of all races. Kids do activities or camps together and make friends there. Those friends find each other at school, and build overlapping social circles. But, most of those activities cost money.

Some activities are more diverse than others. Kids in band, for example, will be more diverse because it costs less to rent an instrument. Kids who meetup with other school friends at expensive camps, on the other hand, are going to meet kids whose parents can afford expensive camps. [/quote]

Camps?  Maybe as young kids. And maybe one or two.   Otherwise kids do not rely on summer camp to make school friends.  I guess I’m talking about older kids.  When they start going to specialty summer programs.  Mine go to specialty summer programs with kids from all over the country and out of the country.

Some kids go to sports programs, school programs, religious camps, a huge variety of camps.  Income doesn’t come into play as much as talent does for a lot of these.   The gifted athletes get the camps paid for.  The super smart kids get camps at colleges paid for.

There will be ahole kids who take after their parents and judge people by their parent’s income.  The ones who judge someone based on their zip code. But they are the minority and usually don’t end up doing anything of value in life.  
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