MLK Jr. Day: Something I realized.

CleoKitty

Ds was just telling me what he knows about MLK Jr. and I realized something that makes me really sad: ds doesn't know a single black person. None.?

I love our town but wish it was a little more diverse. Ds has a couple of Indian kids in his class and the local university has a large number of Asian students, but overall there isn't much racial diversity here at all.?

We do have several biracial cousins in my family, but they're all grown and don't live nearby so ds doesn't really know them. ?

Leaving this town isn't an option right now, but I really wish my kids had the chance to grow up with all sorts of people and cultures. ?

?

femmegem

Yeah, we're kind of limited in our options of where we'll end up because we do want to be somewhere diverse. Since DH is Asian and DS is mixed, we really want to be somewhere where they won't stand out like sore thumbs (or surprise people because they speak perfect English, which drives DH crazy).

Is traveling an option so your kids are exposed to other cultures IRL?

oparcm

Our city is called " a melting pot" and we are really diverse.  It is really one of the most special things about this area. 

squishywife

do we live in the same town?

co18co

When Clinton was president, he came to the elementary school that is literally SPITTING distance from our house, because it was the most diverse in the US.

I am not sure that it still is, as there has been a big shift in population since then, but am THRILLED that he'll be going to such a wonderfully advanced, academically, school, that is so multi-cultural.  And walking distance!