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Not pp but your last point is too difficult to wrap your arms around.  I've yet to meet a Salvadorean teacher in MCPS but let's say you have a Cuban teacher in a classroom of Salvadorean kids.  Is that beneficial?  Are they the same ethnicity, not really....   Hispanic doesn't mean much in this context.[/quote]

It's certainly true that "Hispanic" is not a monolith. And maybe a kid whose family is from El Salvador would consider a teacher whose family is from Cuba to be just as "them, not us" as a teacher whose family is from Norway (or whatever).[/b] But maybe the kid wouldn't[b].

And then there is the question of the opinion of white people. Certainly the majority opinion on DCUM (i.e., affluent non-Hispanic white people) seems to be that all Hispanic people are alike (and equally unqualified for academics).[/quote]

This the key point!  How can you know what the kid feels.  What if 3 groups of kids feel differently.  I don't want to wade in those murky waters personally.  But what I do know is that if you want a teacher who is relatable to a certain group of kids in MCPS, simply inserting "Hispanic" is meaningless.  You are going to have to start getting very specific about what is being sought after.[/quote]

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