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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for acknowledging diversity, 9:02. Everyone is not "just like every other family". Step out of your little hole and smell the roses.[/quote]

I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here? I'm from an extremely diverse community with friends of all races, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels. In my eyes a family is one or more individuals raising a child/ren together. While they may have different religions, parenting philosophies or traditions none of that is a reflection of the color of their skin. Those are typically cultural and just because a certain race may have more of a cultural connection with certain traditions doesn't mean they all do. OP being nervous about interviewing with this family solely because they are African American is most likely due to some preconceived notion of how that family will act/be based on their race alone. Rather than just seeing them as any other family who might have similar or different traditions and parenting philosophies as her own. Somehow they are dramatically different from a white family because they are black? Not every white family is the same, why do black, Hispanic or Asian families have to be based on race and stereotypes alone?  That is just ignorant.

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