Anonymous wrote:We are an LGBQ family and our child attended his first Cotillion first class with excitement. We were dismayed when the instructor Shelley (who I believe is one of the owners) treated my child with complete disrespect when he asked a simple question, furthermore she muttered a racist remark under her breath that my child indeed heard. It's very possible that this sort of curriculum is as outdated as the owners and instructors themselves. Beware if these old-school ideals and your children when considering JDW Cotillions
Anonymous wrote:I am Indian and I am thinking about sending my child to junior cotillion because her manners are atrocious.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Classist, misogynist, and not inclusive of anyone in the LGBTQ community. Parents should be ashamed for sending their kids.
So you want Wellesley College cancelled too!?
Anonymous wrote:We are an LGBQ family and our child attended his first Cotillion first class with excitement. We were dismayed when the instructor Shelley (who I believe is one of the owners) treated my child with complete disrespect when he asked a simple question, furthermore she muttered a racist remark under her breath that my child indeed heard. It's very possible that this sort of curriculum is as outdated as the owners and instructors themselves. Beware if these old-school ideals and your children when considering JDW Cotillions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you must have a chip on your shoulders, sure, I guess. Just like anything can be twisted to be racist or classist or whatever. If you want to ban cotillons, you might as well get rid of Jack and Jill. The black communities have their own forms of classism and racism too.
If you're normal, it's just something some people like to do. Let and live.
Wait -- what's Jack and Jill? I'm from the Midwest, I don't understand any of this.
Anonymous wrote:I think it's steeped in a troubling race and class history, and that there are more contemporary and progressive ways to teach "manners" and "sophistication" but that most people who send their kids to cotillion are people who are not terribly concerned with being progressive and don't value (or are icked out by) the alternatives.
So, yeah? But more likely in a ignorant or micro-agression or insular bubble way than an overtly racist way. But I am sure there are a few racists in every cotillion class.