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Anonymous wrote:I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

In these threads you are always going to find the white racist asking why is it not OK for him/her to be racist. I am surprised by those claiming to be Indian and saying that it's not OK to look for other Indian families at school.

Not so surprising, there are a lot of self hating Indians. They disparage other Indians because they think they will be more widely accepted that way and don’t want to be boxed into the Indian stereotype.

I am surprised especially by the one who defended the white racists. What Indian in his/her right mind would defend a white racist? Or - as someone else said - they could be trolls. Or white racists pretending to be Indians.

What about white French immegrants, great Britain or east European immegrants? Is it okay for themwanting to find people with the same language and culture background?

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Anonymous wrote:I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

In these threads you are always going to find the white racist asking why is it not OK for him/her to be racist. I am surprised by those claiming to be Indian and saying that it's not OK to look for other Indian families at school.

Not so surprising, there are a lot of self hating Indians. They disparage other Indians because they think they will be more widely accepted that way and don’t want to be boxed into the Indian stereotype.

I am surprised especially by the one who defended the white racists. What Indian in his/her right mind would defend a white racist? Or - as someone else said - they could be trolls. Or white racists pretending to be Indians.

What is wrong for someone who wants to find people look like themselves and have similar culture background? Have you heard comfort zone in college and work place? Even teachers in mcps are trained for cultural competence.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

In these threads you are always going to find the white racist asking why is it not OK for him/her to be racist. I am surprised by those claiming to be Indian and saying that it's not OK to look for other Indian families at school.

Not so surprising, there are a lot of self hating Indians. They disparage other Indians because they think they will be more widely accepted that way and don’t want to be boxed into the Indian stereotype.

or, they could just be trolls.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

In these threads you are always going to find the white racist asking why is it not OK for him/her to be racist. I am surprised by those claiming to be Indian and saying that it's not OK to look for other Indian families at school.

Not so surprising, there are a lot of self hating Indians. They disparage other Indians because they think they will be more widely accepted that way and don’t want to be boxed into the Indian stereotype.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

In these threads you are always going to find the white racist asking why is it not OK for him/her to be racist. I am surprised by those claiming to be Indian and saying that it's not OK to look for other Indian families at school.

Some posters don't realize that belonging to 1% of total population can be vastly different than belonging to 50% of total population. I don't belong in either of these groups, but just saying...

Anonymous wrote:I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

In these threads you are always going to find the white racist asking why is it not OK for him/her to be racist. I am surprised by those claiming to be Indian and saying that it's not OK to look for other Indian families at school.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I’m Indian and I agree with you completely! This thread is nuts. The one post looking for specifically Hindi speaking Hindus?? What in the world?

And to the PPs defending the OP, I find that baffling as well. Some of you claim to be disgusted by the White posters on this Forum, but OP’s request is perfectly acceptable? Such a double standard. Either it’s acceptable for any race or not acceptable at all to ask about schools with certain races.

FTR, I would be 75% certain that looking for schools with lots of ‘Indians’ is pretty much code for having a low percentage of AA (Kalus) and Latino kids.

If you use that code, it doesn't mean that everybody else does.

+1 I don't understand why the pp had to bring that offensive term into this discussion. And turns out they were wrong too -- the school cluster that was discussed the most in this context was RM, and their demographics reflect MoCo reasonably well (albeit under-representing whites and over-representing Asians): https://www.schooldigger.com/go/MD/schools/0048000902/school.aspx.

I know this has been expressed multiple times here already, but people, before leaping onto your soap boxes, please just read what's actually being written by posters. Wanting opportunities to interact with people from your own community and wanting diversity are not mutually exclusive goals (see RM).

(Also, I think the poster who asked about religions and languages was trying to be funny because that question made no sense.)

I have no dog in this fight, but puzzled by some reactions by posters. RM cluster is a diverse cluster and many posters commented about RM cluster. Some posters need to get out of their own bubble and read the entire thread. I am sure that OP asked this due to being in mixed marriage and it may be too hard for many posters to understand their situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I’m Indian and I agree with you completely! This thread is nuts. The one post looking for specifically Hindi speaking Hindus?? What in the world?

And to the PPs defending the OP, I find that baffling as well. Some of you claim to be disgusted by the White posters on this Forum, but OP’s request is perfectly acceptable? Such a double standard. Either it’s acceptable for any race or not acceptable at all to ask about schools with certain races.

FTR, I would be 75% certain that looking for schools with lots of ‘Indians’ is pretty much code for having a low percentage of AA (Kalus) and Latino kids.

There are lots of Indian-American kids at Clarksburg HS. There are also lots of black kids and Latino kids.

Clarksburg is not in Potomac or Rockville. Which is what OP wants.

Sure, but Clarksburg demonstrates that there are plenty of parents of Indian-American kids who are fine with having black kids and Latino kids at the schools their kids go to.

Yes, this. DP here. I know many Indian families in Clarksburg. Clarksburg HS is a majority minority school with many Black, Latino, and Asian (many of whom are S. Indian) kids, The Indian American families that I know who attend that school are happy with it. I'm Asian too but not S. Indian and this is one of the things that really drew us to the school. It's a diverse environment with lots of opportunities for students to excel.

Indians are absolutely ok with their kids going to a diverse school, especially those Indians who themselves came from progressive and metropolitan families in India.
There are some who came from small towns and they can be parochial in their thinking.

However majority look for schools that focus on academics and have good students. Apart from that they don't particularly care about the color of skin of other students.

I have very rarely heard parents of Indian-american magnet students talk about the preponderance of black or Hispanic students in the comprehensive programs in magnet schools. No one will withdraw their kid from the program because they have to take classes with AA or Hi students. As long as education is good and the academic needs of their students are met these parents are happy. And this is similar to parents of all races with students of all kinds of needs and abilities

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Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I’m Indian and I agree with you completely! This thread is nuts. The one post looking for specifically Hindi speaking Hindus?? What in the world?

And to the PPs defending the OP, I find that baffling as well. Some of you claim to be disgusted by the White posters on this Forum, but OP’s request is perfectly acceptable? Such a double standard. Either it’s acceptable for any race or not acceptable at all to ask about schools with certain races.

FTR, I would be 75% certain that looking for schools with lots of ‘Indians’ is pretty much code for having a low percentage of AA (Kalus) and Latino kids.

There are lots of Indian-American kids at Clarksburg HS. There are also lots of black kids and Latino kids.

Clarksburg is not in Potomac or Rockville. Which is what OP wants.

Sure, but Clarksburg demonstrates that there are plenty of parents of Indian-American kids who are fine with having black kids and Latino kids at the schools their kids go to.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I’m Indian and I agree with you completely! This thread is nuts. The one post looking for specifically Hindi speaking Hindus?? What in the world?

And to the PPs defending the OP, I find that baffling as well. Some of you claim to be disgusted by the White posters on this Forum, but OP’s request is perfectly acceptable? Such a double standard. Either it’s acceptable for any race or not acceptable at all to ask about schools with certain races.

FTR, I would be 75% certain that looking for schools with lots of ‘Indians’ is pretty much code for having a low percentage of AA (Kalus) and Latino kids.

There are lots of Indian-American kids at Clarksburg HS. There are also lots of black kids and Latino kids.

Clarksburg is not in Potomac or Rockville. Which is what OP wants.

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Looking for schools where there are lots of Indians seems just as strange as asking for schools where all the Whites are.

Here is what the OP actually says.

My wife is Indian origin and I am white. We are moving to DC area and likely to look for houses around Rockville, North Bethesda or close in Potomac. Anyone has input regarding elementary schools having concentration of Indian kids in this area? I would like to make some connections with Indian families due to our kids and we don't have any family in this area.

For what it's worth (not much), this post does not seem like it was made by a native English speaker, but maybe it's just because of typing on a phone.

FWIW, there can be White people who are not native English speakers.

Yes, I think that we all know that.

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Looking for schools where there are lots of Indians seems just as strange as asking for schools where all the Whites are.

Here is what the OP actually says.

My wife is Indian origin and I am white. We are moving to DC area and likely to look for houses around Rockville, North Bethesda or close in Potomac. Anyone has input regarding elementary schools having concentration of Indian kids in this area? I would like to make some connections with Indian families due to our kids and we don't have any family in this area.

For what it's worth (not much), this post does not seem like it was made by a native English speaker, but maybe it's just because of typing on a phone.

FWIW, there can be White people who are not native English speakers.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian here and I am not able to wrap my head around OP's question. When looking for a school, I have looked for diverse schools, that diversity could come from any race, religion, I have never looked for Indian kids specifically. As a minority, I understand you may feel a little out of place in a 90% White school but if a school has 30% - 40% minority population (Asians, Middle Eastern, Hispanics, AA etc) then what exactly is the issue? Interestingly my kid's class has 5 Indian kids and he doens't have any level of friendship with them, all his friends are Chinese, Korean. Kids will like who they like, we should encourage exposure to different cultures, races and not try to put our kids in a bubble.

I’m Indian and I agree with you completely! This thread is nuts. The one post looking for specifically Hindi speaking Hindus?? What in the world?

And to the PPs defending the OP, I find that baffling as well. Some of you claim to be disgusted by the White posters on this Forum, but OP’s request is perfectly acceptable? Such a double standard. Either it’s acceptable for any race or not acceptable at all to ask about schools with certain races.

FTR, I would be 75% certain that looking for schools with lots of ‘Indians’ is pretty much code for having a low percentage of AA (Kalus) and Latino kids.

If you use that code, it doesn't mean that everybody else does.

+1 I don't understand why the pp had to bring that offensive term into this discussion. And turns out they were wrong too -- the school cluster that was discussed the most in this context was RM, and their demographics reflect MoCo reasonably well (albeit under-representing whites and over-representing Asians): https://www.schooldigger.com/go/MD/schools/0048000902/school.aspx.

I know this has been expressed multiple times here already, but people, before leaping onto your soap boxes, please just read what's actually being written by posters. Wanting opportunities to interact with people from your own community and wanting diversity are not mutually exclusive goals (see RM).

(Also, I think the poster who asked about religions and languages was trying to be funny because that question made no sense.)

Because it is such BS.

‘Wanting to interact with people from your own community’? That’s not even code! You want to be around other Indians. Why should it matter? Who cares if there are Chinese people at your school. Open up your mind and get out of your bubble. My Indian kid’s best friends are not Indian. They are Jewish and AA. Guess what? It’s fine!! They’re fantastic kids and good friends. Ridiculous to be looking for an ES with a 10% South asian percentage. Kind of gross, IMO. But obviously you feel differently so we can just agree to disagree.