Comments on: A Small-Town View of Other Ethnic Groups http://www.chewymom.com/a-small-town-view-of-other-ethnic-groups/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: chewymom http://www.chewymom.com/a-small-town-view-of-other-ethnic-groups/#comment-87041 chewymom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:02:20 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/?p=1122#comment-87041 Amanda, We lived in San Diego for a while, too. If we were still there, my kids would know kids from a LOT of ethnic backgrounds. I miss that! Barb, we get that "this is how it has always been" a lot. Drives me nuts. Amanda, We lived in San Diego for a while, too. If we were still there, my kids would know kids from a LOT of ethnic backgrounds. I miss that!

Barb, we get that “this is how it has always been” a lot. Drives me nuts.

]]> By: Barb http://www.chewymom.com/a-small-town-view-of-other-ethnic-groups/#comment-86090 Barb Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:59:26 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/?p=1122#comment-86090 Our rural town is similar - blacks and white very segregated - other side of the tracks. Churches, especially, are segregated. But really I see no future where this would change. Out town has so little movement, people are leaving, not coming in, so need for change, or change-agents are derided/belittled. "This is how it's always been, no need to change." When I first read the boys comments I thought, "Wow, what an imagination! He could go far with his big dreams." Our rural town is similar - blacks and white very segregated - other side of the tracks. Churches, especially, are segregated. But really I see no future where this would change. Out town has so little movement, people are leaving, not coming in, so need for change, or change-agents are derided/belittled. “This is how it’s always been, no need to change.”
When I first read the boys comments I thought, “Wow, what an imagination! He could go far with his big dreams.”

]]> By: Amanda (Sarah's mom) http://www.chewymom.com/a-small-town-view-of-other-ethnic-groups/#comment-86084 Amanda (Sarah's mom) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:34:24 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/?p=1122#comment-86084 This was one of my only issues with moving to the part of Michigan we live in. We had moved from southern California, San Diego. A part of that state that has a wide variety of ethnic groups. The church we attended was very diverse. We had almost every ethnic group represented. This is what Emma remembered. Her best friends at church came from very different backgrounds. She didn't go to school yet, so this was her social interaction. We were friends with many inter-racial couples. Now we live in Michigan, central Michigan, where I believe the rough population is about 85% white, 10% Native American & 5% other. My daughter still has friends of many races, and different abilities as well. But, I feel for the kids who have never known anything different, nor have their parents. So, the stereotypes continue, with no one to say otherwise. Sam is a lucky kid to have a mom like you. :) This was one of my only issues with moving to the part of Michigan we live in. We had moved from southern California, San Diego. A part of that state that has a wide variety of ethnic groups. The church we attended was very diverse. We had almost every ethnic group represented. This is what Emma remembered. Her best friends at church came from very different backgrounds. She didn’t go to school yet, so this was her social interaction. We were friends with many inter-racial couples.
Now we live in Michigan, central Michigan, where I believe the rough population is about 85% white, 10% Native American & 5% other. My daughter still has friends of many races, and different abilities as well. But, I feel for the kids who have never known anything different, nor have their parents. So, the stereotypes continue, with no one to say otherwise. Sam is a lucky kid to have a mom like you. :)

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