The Sherwood demographics are irrelevant. Sherwood students made racist remarks toward Asian Einstein students. Sherwood coaches were told and did nothing at the time until forced to after the fact.

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Um, other kids.

Everyone knows who was suspended for stealing something from a bathroom recently.

Everyone knows which boys cyber-bullied a girl a couple years back. Screenshots were circulated.

These racist incidents hit WaPo, everybody is talking about it yet nobody has leaked a name, gender or race? That’s weird. Really weird.

Nobody expects the WaPo to name names, but it’s really strange that students don’t know.

Could you please just go ahead and tell us your explanation for this weird phenomenon you are describing?

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I don’t have an explanation. That’s the point: everyone is baffled as to why seemingly nobody knows who did what. As others have said, everyone is talking about it, yet nobody knows who was involved. Very unusual.

I mean I don’t think it’s mysterious kids aren’t as sure of the identity of someone shouting words in a loud crowd vs stealing a urinal or whatever.

There aren’t large crowds at girls games. Regardless, this sort of news that everyone is trying to determine is hard to keep a secret. Kids talk. So do parents.

The only people showing up at soccer(girls or boys) are the parents. Usually the number of people watching are about the size of the roster. So it should be pretty easy to know who said what.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

Tell us your zip code and school pyramid, and we can do a quick google search to find similar incidents in your neck of the woods.

Everyone is right to be upset. This is clearly inappropriate behavior. But it’s really weird how people are labeling the school (and now the entire area) as some racist outlier.

Actually the area we live is diverse and people tend to be very respectful of each other here. I didn't want to live in a more homogenous area because incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

The area where I live in Olney is similarly diverse and people tend to be respectful of each other.

It’s really weird that everyone has assumed rich white kids were involved and the entire school and surrounding towns are universally racist.

Tell me your zip code and school, and I’m positive we can enlighten you on recent incidents where stupid kids said/did stupid racist things. Would that make your entire school and surrounding area racist?

I don't consider Olney a rich area. It's middle class, as is Einstein. Olney and that part of the county is majority white, and not much diversity, and that's where racist/intolerant incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

Define racism.

Now look in the mirror when you make these assumptions about a group based on single events. Get it?

EXACTLY!! Let’s respond to racism by stereotyping an entire group and throwing insults at the group.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

Tell us your zip code and school pyramid, and we can do a quick google search to find similar incidents in your neck of the woods.

Everyone is right to be upset. This is clearly inappropriate behavior. But it’s really weird how people are labeling the school (and now the entire area) as some racist outlier.

Actually the area we live is diverse and people tend to be very respectful of each other here. I didn't want to live in a more homogenous area because incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

The area where I live in Olney is similarly diverse and people tend to be respectful of each other.

It’s really weird that everyone has assumed rich white kids were involved and the entire school and surrounding towns are universally racist.

Tell me your zip code and school, and I’m positive we can enlighten you on recent incidents where stupid kids said/did stupid racist things. Would that make your entire school and surrounding area racist?

I don't consider Olney a rich area. It's middle class, as is Einstein. Olney and that part of the county is majority white, and not much diversity, and that's where racist/intolerant incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

Define racism.

Now look in the mirror when you make these assumptions about a group based on single events. Get it?

Let’s be real here, the soccer players from Sherwood don’t know the socioeconomic and racial makeup of Einstein. It’s a group of kids heckling their opponent and making a play on words. As adults, are we reading too much into it? Yes, it needs addressed but going out for blood because we think we know their intentions is wrong.

Look into the the students from the Sherwood boys soccer team. I’d estimate less than 20% are white. The remaining players are asian, Hispanic, black or a mix. It’s an incredibly diverse group of boys.

If any post should be deleted, it should be the one that accuses the Sherwood community of trying to keep their community white. Less than 50% of the students are white. How is that not diverse? Also, do you even know the history of Sandy Spring?

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

Which part of Takoma Park do you live in?

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

LOL

So smug. Where did you end up buying? We can likely tell you some great stories about your kids’ future high school.

Sherwood is diverse. It has twice as many Asians as Einstein, the same number of Black students, and their percentage of whites and Hispanics flip flop (with Sherwood having twice the amount of whites as Hispanics, and Einstein having twice the amount of Hispanics than whites). Both schools are diverse. Sherwood is arguably more diverse given its higher percentage of Asians.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

Tell us your zip code and school pyramid, and we can do a quick google search to find similar incidents in your neck of the woods.

Everyone is right to be upset. This is clearly inappropriate behavior. But it’s really weird how people are labeling the school (and now the entire area) as some racist outlier.

Actually the area we live is diverse and people tend to be very respectful of each other here. I didn't want to live in a more homogenous area because incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

The area where I live in Olney is similarly diverse and people tend to be respectful of each other.

It’s really weird that everyone has assumed rich white kids were involved and the entire school and surrounding towns are universally racist.

Tell me your zip code and school, and I’m positive we can enlighten you on recent incidents where stupid kids said/did stupid racist things. Would that make your entire school and surrounding area racist?

I don't consider Olney a rich area. It's middle class, as is Einstein. Olney and that part of the county is majority white, and not much diversity, and that's where racist/intolerant incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

Tell us your zip code and school pyramid, and we can do a quick google search to find similar incidents in your neck of the woods.

Everyone is right to be upset. This is clearly inappropriate behavior. But it’s really weird how people are labeling the school (and now the entire area) as some racist outlier.

Actually the area we live is diverse and people tend to be very respectful of each other here. I didn't want to live in a more homogenous area because incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

The area where I live in Olney is similarly diverse and people tend to be respectful of each other.

It’s really weird that everyone has assumed rich white kids were involved and the entire school and surrounding towns are universally racist.

Tell me your zip code and school, and I’m positive we can enlighten you on recent incidents where stupid kids said/did stupid racist things. Would that make your entire school and surrounding area racist?

My school has been accused by DCUM of overreacting to racism and being “too woke” so I doubt anyone would accuse us of all being racists.

Anyone who knows Sherwood doesn’t think the problem was the “rich kids”.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised MCPS doesn't have a policy against harassment and racism on school property, and that they allowed this behavior at games to continue and fester. Reading about Sherwood which I'd never heard of until now makes me very happy to have avoided that Olney area in house shopping

Tell us your zip code and school pyramid, and we can do a quick google search to find similar incidents in your neck of the woods.

Everyone is right to be upset. This is clearly inappropriate behavior. But it’s really weird how people are labeling the school (and now the entire area) as some racist outlier.

Actually the area we live is diverse and people tend to be very respectful of each other here. I didn't want to live in a more homogenous area because incidents like what's going on in Sherwood tend to happen.

The area where I live in Olney is similarly diverse and people tend to be respectful of each other.

It’s really weird that everyone has assumed rich white kids were involved and the entire school and surrounding towns are universally racist.

Tell me your zip code and school, and I’m positive we can enlighten you on recent incidents where stupid kids said/did stupid racist things. Would that make your entire school and surrounding area racist?

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Um, other kids.

Everyone knows who was suspended for stealing something from a bathroom recently.

Everyone knows which boys cyber-bullied a girl a couple years back. Screenshots were circulated.

These racist incidents hit WaPo, everybody is talking about it yet nobody has leaked a name, gender or race? That’s weird. Really weird.

Nobody expects the WaPo to name names, but it’s really strange that students don’t know.

Could you please just go ahead and tell us your explanation for this weird phenomenon you are describing?

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I don’t have an explanation. That’s the point: everyone is baffled as to why seemingly nobody knows who did what. As others have said, everyone is talking about it, yet nobody knows who was involved. Very unusual.

I mean I don’t think it’s mysterious kids aren’t as sure of the identity of someone shouting words in a loud crowd vs stealing a urinal or whatever.

There aren’t large crowds at girls games. Regardless, this sort of news that everyone is trying to determine is hard to keep a secret. Kids talk. So do parents.

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A few privileged kids (who, btw, we don't the race of the offenders), act like a-holes, and people here want the full season cancelled and staff fired.

You guys are crazy

Three incidents over a week or so from the same school directed at Einstein

and no adult did a dam* thing about it when it was happening.

Exactly. The adults in charge failed to act.

Anonymous wrote:MCPS, why aren't you answering important questions.

How have you allowed the Sherwood principal to get away with the nothing apology and take so little action?
Why haven't the perps been identified? They should be suspended.
Sherwood has a higher percentage of Asians than Einstein. How are Asian Americans at Sherwood reacting and what is the principal doing to address this?
Why isn't MCPS talking about body shaming, stereotyping and sexism behind some of the remarks?

What are you doing more broadly to address racism against Asian Americans in MCPS? Where is the BOE on this? They have been all for equity and diversity but Asian Americans have been left out of all the discussion except for when people including the BOE makes disparaging remarks.

You seem to have a lot of information about the incidents.

Anonymous wrote:Jesus H.

A few privileged kids (who, btw, we don't the race of the offenders), act like a-holes, and people here want the full season cancelled and staff fired.

You guys are crazy

how do you know those kids are "privileged"?

Also, I'm willing to bet that if they made racist statements against black players there would be more outrage.