Lack of Diversity

Scramblersmom

According to the 2010 census there was 1 black person, 1 native American, 16 Hispanic or latino persons, 19 people with 2 or more races, and 2 people from other races living in our town. The rest of the people (97.1%) are white. 

We will definitely be making sure that DS doesn't spend his whole life only knowing this area.

cantalopes24

We're 86 percent. 24k people live here. 21k of that are white. The next largest population was black/African American at 1675 people and I would be willing to bet some of the people who self identify as black are actually two or more races with one of the

Mrs. Mo

cantalopes24:

We're 86 percent. 24k people live here. 21k of that are white. The next largest population was black/African Ame

blu-eyedwife

My area if fairly racially diverse, but it's a high socio-economic area, which I think leads to more homogenization than racial diversity. 

Scramblersmom

I was born in LA and lived there for 8 years before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area and living there for 22 years. The lack of diversity/culture here still kind of blows me away even after living here for 10 years. DS is growing up in a place

ellewoodsSC

cantalopes24:

ETA: I think being culturally aware of other people comes from parents and not what your neighbors look l

cantalopes24

We live near Baltimore and DC so that helped. We also travelled a lot. Locally we did a lot of historical and cultural things and I am a big reader so I picked up stuff from books too. Volunteer and service work. I grew up in a Stepford type exclusive nei

blu-eyedwife

smit5009:

I do have a question for you all...

growing up in a mostly white population did you get most of your knowledge

Scramblersmom

blu-eyedwife:

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But I was really lucky to have parents that were born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and much more culturally a

LCass

I agree with Lopes, but would also point out that teachers can also have a big impact on that kind of thing.  I did some of my student teaching in small town Ontario and was really impressed with how well the teachers taught the students about div

Scramblersmom

LCass:

On the flip side, I've been in a small town school that I refuse to go back to because the parents and the teachers hav

LCass

smit5009:

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RichardSlap

crystaladult:

If you're concerned about being from an area that is mainly white, maybe you should consider changing your siggy

Scramblersmom

Crystal and Pear...Wow! A joke from a TV show about one character's community college does not equal insulting minorities and all community colleges. I went to community college and I highly recommend them.

I don't understand why you both keep t