African-americans self segregating at BS

2kidsnoanswers
Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:44:35 +0000

Interesting thread. I have not observed ‘self-segregating’ at my son’s JBS at all, at least among the boarders (which is the group I see most often in action, whether in the dorms, or on snow days playing, etc). Maybe it is because it is a JBS, and younger kids have different tendencies than older kids. Or maybe it is because in their boarding population, there really aren’t any “minority” groups because every race is in the “minority”…all jumbled together in small dorms. It has been a joy to see the kids mix so unselfconsciously. My son’s previous school environment was diverse as well, so I think he sees this as the norm.