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[quote=Anonymous]I had a parent teacher conference in the fall.  About 2 months later, I requested a second meeting with the teacher after asking my DS about how his day was at school.

I am biracial. DS's adopted father is AA, FWIW.  We adopted DS when he was an infant, and were not at that point checking the racial makeup of the local elementary school -- our focus was getting him out of the Haitian orphanage and addressing his malnutrition.

I can understand people thinking it's a troll post, because it's outrageous the teacher has not initiated contact with me given her seemingly extreme opinion of DS, but this has been just as much of a wake up call to me.

DS is not the only AA in the school or his grade - there are other dark skinned minorities in his actual class as well. However, the county is predominantly white -- that is just a fact.  however, I don't think the assumption should be that he will be damaged unless there is a threshold number of other minorities in the class . What is the acceptable threshold where I can rest assured my child won't have issues? Isn't it also incumbent on people to be welcoming of people who look different?  By the logic I'm hearing, schools would still be segregated.  I am biracial and I believe in giving people an opportunity to be welcoming.  Everyone has been nothing but welcoming of us in the school.  DS has significant exposure to minority role models in our family.  We continually affirm his race and culture and encourage him to hold his head up high.  He comes home everyday with a smile on his face, invitations to play dates and birthday parties -- he is fully a part of the school community and his peers seek him out all the time.

I don't think the entire school is the issue - I am considering a school change to prepare, if I eventually conclude that DS would benefit from a smaller class size, which is what a private school can offer.  Perhaps in a smaller class, the teacher that can afford to pay more attention to each child.  
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