[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91




Our (public) school played a very prestigious private school in our metropolitan area. When our cheerleaders (squad made up of asians, blacks, and whites) who are anything but your "traditional" squad went to visit the visitors, they were bombarded with racial slurs, ice thrown at them, boos, and other melicious acts. So, if that's diversity, then Lawd help us.

Our assistant principal sent the archdiosese (sp?) and the school a letter regarding the incident. Do you think they responded or apologized, heck no! We have since removed them from our schedule.

So much for diversity...

I wish that all private schools did not have race problems but that would be unrealistic. Our society has race problems, so every facet of it has race problems.

I didn't say it was always going to be a loving and supportive diverse environment. A lot of times with diversity comes conflict, and yes there are private schools where it is not a priority. I suppose that my thoughts are colored by my experience in NYC, where all of the private schools are fairly diverse.

And my main point was that we live in a world where we are 12% of the population, and not everybody likes us by a long shot. Private schools will expose you to how the world works, the good and the bad in terms of race relations.