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[quote=Anonymous]The OP's quoted letter has a lot of coded racism in it: "Our [b]community is changing[/b]. While we like the [b]new diversity[/b], we will not tolerate the intense pressure being placed on students to succeed."

"Diversity" here is almost certainly a codeword for race. In context, it doesn't make any sense for it to imply economic diversity.

Also, to say "our" in this context seems to imply that the royal "we" are the people who were in the community before it became  "diverse", i.e., the white people.

OP, I'd say something  to the administration or the like. As someone who is white, you  can almost certainly get away with a complaint that an Asian likely couldn't make.

It would have been entirely possible to make the point without any reference to race at all. A perfectly neutral statement would have been something like, "Our community, like many communities in America, is experiencing heightened anxiety about the future professional success of our children in an increasingly competitive and uncertain world. As a result, many parents are placing intense pressure on students to succeed. As educators, we believe that this is unhealthy and wish to discourage this trend."

That's inclusive of a wide range of family backgrounds and has no racial implications whatsoever.[/quote]

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