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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised in an UMC Black family and was apart of the 1% in my school. We did get kids bussed from the Southside of Chicago as an experiment but they had separate remedial classes and I rarely saw them but remember being uneasy when I did. They were crazy! My parents told me they are not to come to our house ( I lived next to my HS). Most of my friends at school were white as were my classmates. I was in some advanced classes and remember myself being the only dot of diversity. Most days, I did not mind. I did not like the feeling, though, of neighbors initially thinking we were drug lords. Lol. We were later respected and they were actually friendly.

I refuse to put my kids in a non-diverse school. But, I do not think my ODD would care. She is friends with children of all races. She is also one of the top performers at her middle school with near perfect scores in everything and is very well behaved and focused on achievement in sports, orchestra and classes. Now, I do not know if I would feel the same if she were in the regular classes. I hear there are fights, kids are rowdy, and disrespectful. Her Math and Literature classes are advanced so the demographics are different in those classes. They are diverse racially, SE, but not academically.

I do not think my husband and I would move to a lower SES area. Neither of I were raised in one and it does not seem like a good idea. I do not want my child to end up around children who are pregnant, unproductive, and not secure. I am not racist, I do not care if these kids are orange, I am classist however. Sorry, but my children are my investment to this world and my family line. I want to continue my family heritage which includes attending great colleges, advanced degrees, and attaining excellent and exciting careers that make a difference in the world that will secure a great life for my grandchildren. Yeah, weird, I know but I have to be far-sighted.[/quote]

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