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I never payed any attention, I was little and just wanted to have fun on the playgrounds. I did not care about the color of someones skin, I only cared about not getting tagged and being it.
True. I became really aware of the racial lines at around the 8th grade. Before that I never paid any attention.
The schools that have prominent white population's are either in a very white neighborhood, gifted, or are a magnet school. (Magnet schools have to maintain around 50-50 diversity. The school that I go to is the most diverse city public school in the SLPS. My school is a gifted, magnet school though, so it's a rare exception to the rest of the SLPS.
I never payed any attention, I was little and just wanted to have fun on the playgrounds. I did not care about the color of someones skin, I only cared about not getting tagged and being it.
Yeah, I hear ya'. Unfortunately or fortunately, the parents do pay attention, if you know what I mean.
It also shows if a district had a court case involving integration/segregation.
Well it looks like my old Elementary school (And my kids current school) has changed over time. Right now it is almost exactly the same as it was back when I was there in the late 60's early 70's, but the 1990's were less diversified than the 70's and today. Then again it is a true picture of the make-up of the area in any era. Here is the chart for the school from that site. From 1990 to 2000 the Black population doubled --- it went from 3 kids to 6 kids.
It is nice to note that the other day one of my sons were trying to point out one of his friends in a crowded room. He was going through what the boy had on, the type shoes he was wearing, the shirt, his hat, Hair color; everything he could think of to narrow it down. Finally I asked, if he was talking about the ONLY black child in the room and my son got this funny look on his face and replied that, that was his friend and he never thought about using that to distinguish who he was. I love living in a small community where kids truly are color blind and race never even comes to mind for them, they are just friends; plain and simple.
As in me going to Gateway, Hell NO. I don't think I would fit in at Gateway in many ways. It's a very, let's say rough environment. I go to Metro High School (top rated public high school in the state).
As in me going to Gateway, Hell NO. I don't think I would fit in at Gateway in many ways. It's a very, let's say rough environment. I go to Metro High School (top rated public high school in the state).
Really? It's one of the most integrated HS's in the city of St. Louis too.
Nope. My old elementary is still predominately black(97%) and my middle school is still black(81%); It was over 90% when I graduated from there though. The elementary school my nephew go to now went from 59% black in 2000 to 67% hispanic now.
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