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When I was in school, there were probably only a few Africian Americans in my class, I think three at the most. Not only were they accepted into the more popular groups, but the three also accepted everyone else in the school.
In fact, I had to actually think hard about whether or not we had any Africian Americans in my schools. There were some older than me, as well.
But, you also have to consider the fact that I lived in a nicer part of town, in small town Iowa. There aren't many Africian Americans living here to begin with.
I think that eventually, with unbiased parents (or at least parents that appear unbiased) racism will be muted out as more and more children grow up with multi-racial and multi-ethnic classmates and situations.
I also wonder if our school systems are teaching kids about racism and segregation at too early of an age. I know that I learned about it in my earlier elementary school years, and before that point I had never thought twice about an Africian American student. After we had learned about it, however, I almost had a guilty conscious about it, and I think that that can be hard on young children, and in some could have a negative effect on theml; having an influence on them somewhat like a bigoted parent.
I do believe that children need to learn about it, but at an older, more mature age.
That is my spin on the whole thing.
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