[zipper]

Yes,black kids can be vicious to white kids,Mexican kids and Asian kids and quite often to each other. My advice to the white kid-and I have personally witnessed this dynamic numerous times in my "diverse" school district-if you get harased by a bully of ANY color stand up for yourself.Hold your ground.Fight if you must and fight hard. Even if you lose,the young "brothers" will give you some respect for going down fighting. Most black kids in the hood respect toughness and many will stand up for you later if you aren't a "punk". Today I was at a junior high school in the ghetto and witnessed two black kids picking on a smaller Mexican kid. I went over to intervene but before I could a larger black kid jumped in front of the bullies and said, "hey,man,leave him alone,He's cool"End of drama.

Hmmm... so it's just like prison, then. I think I'd be maybe just a smidgen concerned what my kid might do to be "cool" to these young upcoming urban thugs.

[Riverman94610]

Don't get me wrong.I'm not saying this state of affairs is POSITIVE.I am just saying it reflects REALITY.
Personally,I wish everyone would get along,be nice to each other and greet everyone with a warm smile.I only stated what I have seen dozens of times working in an urban school system.