[metmom]

I have a s-i-l who thinks the same way. She was disgusted that her former town was "so white" and was happy that they were moving to a city down south and that it would be more diverse. They hate it down there but I don't think she's made the connection. I just can't believe someone would move to a city just to expose their kids to diversity. I hope she's happy with the experiences her kids are recieving.

[Bellows]

I just can't believe someone would move to a city just to expose their kids to diversity.

There are good and bad ways of exposing kids to diversity. This woman chose a bad way. When my niece and nephew made their first trip as kids out of their hometown in Ohio to visit me in NYC, they were agog at the variety of people they saw on the streets of midtown Manhattan -- people who are part of the everyday sidewalk parade to anyone who lives here. I think it was educational for them as children. And their mother (my sister) used it as an object lesson, that just because someone doesn't look, dress and act like you, that doesn't mean you should point fingers and laugh. It was just a visit; they went back to their Ohio farm town, where the kids lived until going away to college. But I think the trip was a good experience for them.

Ok, cue up the "New York, nice place to visit but..." tagline.