This is an incredibly sensitive topic and I truly don't know where to turn honestly. I'm white and I have a 5yo white son. When my son was 1, I met and started dating my now husband, whom is black. I've tried approaching him with this topic because I figured he would have some insight but he basically told me there's no point even discussing it with anyone because "most people dont believe reverse racism exists."
This is my son's first year of school and it's been issue after issue since day one. He goes to a mostly black school (we live in my husband's childhood neighborhood) and all he is suggesting is that we move but I don't want to have to do that either because there are some kids here who are fantastic and he is absolute best friends with! I don't feel I should have to uproot him away from that simply because some black students are ridiculous about his skin color. But it may be the only course of action unfortunately. I'm just trying to find solutions before I have to take that route.
So basically my son gets bullied severely due to his skin. He's called cracker, whitey, etc. He's been threatened (those kids have been suspended). A lot of the issues were taken care of by administration at the beginning of the year but it's starting to surface again. I got a call today from the school saying my son had been involved in a fight. They pulled cameras and there was a group of 5 black kids all on my son saying "fuck this white boy up". Kids were recording it. I HAVE pulled him from school as a result but there's a school board meeting coming up tomorrow night and a part of me wants to address the issue on the, I guess, "reverse racism". My son doesn't want to switch schools because of the friends he does have and it's heartbreaking to me because I'm torn between two places. Is it worth mentioning at the meeting? If so, how can I even approach it without offending everyone there, who might not be open to believing the problem exists?
