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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, if [b]Asians (Chinese)[/b] are the majority at the school, keep in mind they can be very insular, meaning they only socialize with one another. That can make a Black child feel very isolated, i.e. , they may not be invited to play dates and birthday parties, etc. And even though Asians are enrolled in ELA programs at high numbers in the 20878 zip code, they will still think they are superior to your child. For example, in a lot of the debates about the re-zoning of Wootton to include more Black and Brown kids, it is predominantly Asians (with limited English proficiency) who are pushing the narrative that this is going to bring down Wootton’s reputation. Additionally, the Asian community has filed a very weak civil rights complaint under this Trump administration over the boundary study. Also, note the same community is who sued to overturn affirmative action.

I give you this info so you know exactly what you are walking into. Good luck. [/quote]

Asian is not synonymous with [b]Chinese[/b]. There are a lot of recent [b]Chinese[/b] immigrants specifically from the mainland in some neighborhoods and those communities can be quite insular but many other areas have a huge diversity in Asian-American parents who were born in the States are the 2nd or 3rd or more generations in the U.S. There's really no insular culture I've observed with Asian-American families.[/quote]

I think the poster made clear that they were talking about Chinese people - not all Asians. Are you providing this opinion from the perspective of a parent of a Black child in MCPS? Or are you part of another demographic and are just “piping in” to give your opinion about something you don’t know anything about? I think it’s so weird when a poster asks a specific subset of people about a particular experience and people who aren’t part of this subset respond to provide their uninformed opinion. Like, how would you even know???[/quote]

Wonder how this type of comment would play out for other demographics... [/quote]

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