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[quote=Anonymous]I was one of the few white children in my own elementary school, not to mention the only Jewish child. My step-mother is African American. It was a critical formative/educational experience - but it was sometimes very lonely. My nieces who are half-Mexican are in all-white school where children target them with Trump-like racist rhetoric. The desire for parents to want their children to be in a racially diverse environment - yet not be the only ones is normal - this seems to be one of the reasons that Jack and Jill was founded, for high SES AA children going to largely white schools to have some community. Children can be very cruel - particularly in middle school. Not wanting your children to be "the other" is not necessarily borne of internalized racism. I would like my children to be in a school of mixed SES, and mixed ethnic diversity period. I don't want to send my kids to private school. Our IB elementary is almost 100% OOB, African American and 100% FARMS, despite the fact we live in a diverse (ethinic/SES) neighborhood. Our middle/high school is awful. If the middle school/high school track does not approve, we are sending our kids to JPDS in the 5th/6th grade or moving to Takoma Park. I would rather they walk to school in their own neighborhood. We have lived in the city for 20 years. We don't want to leave, but we're not willing to place our societal ideals above emotional well-being/academic success of our kids. [/quote]

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