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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:14, I too appreciate the poster's statement but there are AA parents who have means but makes a choice to stay.  Yet, when it is realized that I am not the nanny nor the housekeeper dropping off my DD at school.  Then for some apparent reason I get the "pity party" invitation.  It goes like this, we've been noticing you and we eonder would you like to join our parent group.  We get together and discuss what is wrong with our school and make demands to make it better.  Then the kicker last statment is, we might as well do this because we are ALL stuck until the economic times improves.

I forgot the little bragging statement that trickles in, this was a fair school but until we banded together it is now a better school but there's room for improvement.

I have to say this after weeks goes by and I don't reply then the parent group sends in black reinforcement to say their speil.  That is a whole another blog.[/quote]

Seems the white people can't move a muscle without doing something offensive, irritating, arrogant or ouright rascist.  [/quote]

Don't over react. The PP was just expressing her frustration and I am certain that she wasn't referring to every white mom on the playground she encounters (just as I know that when some of my white sisters on DCUM make negative comments about black folk, they have some awareness of the different "shades" of black--and no, I'm not talking light skinned vs. dark skinned).

But as an educated AA woman I do know what the PP is talking about.  Some of my white counterparts are really cool.  We have great conversations that are real.  I should note that they are usually women who are widely exposed to people of many different cultures and they aren't afraid to talk openly about race.  But these are rare birds.  Most of the moms I come in contact with on the playground don't seem to know what to make of me or other black women like myself who have the same or a higher level of education, and whose children are at the top of the class.  Their approach is often awkward and a few suffer from chronic hoof in mouth disease.

I find it comical, but then again, I grew up in NYC and was exposed to people of every color and economic level.   I get that most of these women are are really nice people, but because of their lack of exposure, they from time to time cough up, some farily politically incorrect comments.  Again, I find it funny and I don't take it personal.

What I know is that these women love their kids--just as I love mine--and are doing their best to improve the school environment for not just their children but all children.  Some have a "save the world" mentality which can be annoying if they approach those of us who don't need saving, as though we do.  But again, I just laugh it off.  No harm, no foul.  My kids are benefitting from their committment.  Many of these women are SAHMs.  Most AA women work full time so we can't invest the same number of hours as they can volunteering. And yet, I know many black women like myself who are doing everything they can (within the constraints of their work schedule) to contribute to the school.  Be careful not to dismiss us because you don't see us there at 3:30.

If you're sending your child to a DCPS or a Charter school, then--if you aren't already aware-- the AA moms at your DCs school are in this WITH you.  Although I can't speak for everyone, but I don't know any black women who resent your presence (a charge that I've heard on DCUM time and time again).  As a matter of fact, I have yet to talk to a black woman who isn't appreciative of all the moms of every color who volunteer their time to make the schools better for all of the children.  Just be aware that some of us are just most sensitive than others.[/quote]

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