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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are a rich or upper middle class white person, right?  I am a rich or upper middle class black person, and I am constantly shocked at how my white contemporaries baby their kids and expect them not to receive criticism from adults, or view any such criticism as inappropriate.  I think it stems from the privilege that you anticipate that your kid will receive as they grown and mature, vs. the lack of privilage that I anticipate, even as an afflient person.[/quote]

Fair observation. Not sure its [i]totally [/i] a white / black thing.  It think it is upbringing and multi-generational wealth more than race, albeit obviously certain races (black) in this country have had a very disproportionate experience with lower economic status, hence the expectations you have vs. the privileged (rich/upper middle class) parents and kids.  I am now upper middle class and white, but my parents were military so we were squarely middle class and for NOVA definitely not upper.  That made me understand how you had to work hard and bite your tongue and deal with criticism and a lot of that as rubbed off on my kid (but not all).  When she is older and has kids, I believe that two generations of upper middle class will have set in and her and her kids may act like a lot of the snobby, entitled parents you see today.  But, to your point, since you are black there will always be those in a position of authority that might look down upon your kid / grandkids, or even stranger, assume that the kid is going to be super athletic because they are black and give them a hard time if they turn out not to be and then attribute it to laziness vs. the slow white kid who works hard and has IQ but is just slow.  Yes, we still have a ways to go in overcoming stereotypes ...[/quote]

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