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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in DCPS. The only thing important to me (at the time) was that my daughter go to a good school. She goes to a WOTP school and has been one of maybe 2-3 black kids in the class for the last 5 years. It wasn't an issue until she asked if she could go to a school with more black kids. She says no one has been mean to her, but she feels like she doesn't fit in. It's a tough thing to resolve. I haven't found any solutions yet. [/quote]

They may not be mean but I can guarantee they are doing things to exclude her.  I was one of only a few black kids at an all white school and it was not a good experience.  Get her into a more diverse school before her self esteem ends up damaged. [/quote]

+1 
I would not send my white child to an all black school for the same reason.[/quote]

I think there is some overlap, but it's different if your kid is the majority race in society and hasn't faced societal discrimination.[/quote]

Hasn't faced [b]societal discrimination? [/b]Are you kidding me?
Easy to say if you aren't the only white kid in an all black school.[/quote]

PP here.  No, white kids do not experience societal/institutional discrimination.

Btw, our neighborhood school is predominantly AA, although there are a few white kids there.  They're doing fine and haven't experienced any race-based issues.[/quote]

I have a bi-racial child and a white child. My white child was the only white kid in his class one year and didn't have any problems. Now we are in a predominantly white neighborhood. My bi-racial child has had repeated "discipline" issues with his school even though his behavior is completely typical. The white kids don't treat him like a white kid, even though he's half white. The black kids treat him like a black kid. I've heard that bi-racial kids sometimes choose one race over the other to identify with, and I now think this has to do with how accepting the racial groups are around them are of them, more than their self-identity.

I'm a white single mom, and I am prepared to be a part of whatever black community my kid finds for himself as he grows up, since he is clearly more accepted as a black person than as a white person.[/quote]

I think you get it.

[b]Genetics are weird and my younger child doesn’t “look” AA, but is clearly not white. She has had much less discomfort in all black settings, despite her phenotype.[/b][/quote]

Dark features tend to be dominant, so she probaby looks more black than white as most AA/White kids do. The rare mixed kids that look white like Megan Markle tend to be more of a part of the white community. [/quote]

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