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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an issue in public and private schools, OP. In public schools, black males have a different suspension rate for the exact same offenses. It's just how the world is. You are at the school, hopefully, because you have identified something your child gets there that he cannot get anywhere else, not because paying tuition entitles you to a life void of racism. We all have to work toward that together.

I can tell you that the same attitudes exist amongst parents in the public/charter school world in DC as well. "How can we get the poor kids out of the school that is in our neighborhood?" "How can we get more white kids to the school?" "Yes, the school has lots of AAs but they are high-SES, so, you know..."

You live with this, you deal with this and you always will. The US has a strong legacy of racism. The best thing you can do for your child is to give him a great education so that he can help to educate the world out of ignorance. He will know what it means to be on the outside (and btw unless he goes to an HBCU, he will experience this at the next level anyway) and hopefully he can turn that into something positive. To be young, gifted and black...a blessing and a curse. [/quote]

I am not the poster making the diregoatory remarks, because my child has many AA friends and through our child we have made new friends with their families. Saying that though I will say that if a child is on financial aid and I am not saying AA are on financial aid but if they are, I think bad behavior is less tolerated. Let me tell you why. It is because many people are paying private tuition not to avoid AA children but to avoid the public schools and their inability at times to handle children that are distracting other children. So, when a child is causing trouble and they happen to be on financial aid they probably are more likely to get dismissed because it isn't fair to the other parents that paying (many are sacrificing to pay) private tuition to have the teachers dominated by disciplining unruly children. This is not necessarily how I feel but this is the argument I have heard made before. [/quote]

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