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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people keep suggesting catholic school?
That is a terrible choice for a child of color who is being bullied. There would be even less diversity there than in public school.[/quote]

Actually it's a good choice because you know religion. 
Kids are reminded constantly that Jesus loves everyone, that they should love their neighbor, that it's important to follow Jesus example of being nice to everyone and so no. I grew up in the area and attended Catholic school back in the 70/80s.  
We had a handful of black kids.  We were not allowed or supposed to discuss that they were black or ask any questions.  Everyone was exactly the same in the eyes of God and skin color didn't matter to Jesus so it couldn't matter to us.  That type of thinking brings it own challenges of course and I don't think this is the right way and that race should be acknowledged but at least bullying based on race was not tolerated.  
Lastly, we as kids simply viewed Black children who attended school with us as extensions of our white selves.  They might have had darker skin but in our minds that was the only difference and we just assumed they liked the same things we liked, their families did the same things we did, and so on.[/quote]

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