I always thought I received a “diverse” upbringing by attending New York City public schools. But after reading the article “Are private schools immoral?”, I realized I actually did not. In elementary school, I attended PS.90, a local public elementary school that basically aligned with the same ethnic proportions as Richmond Hill. There was fair bunch of hispanic, black, brown and white kids in the elementary school to make it truly diverse. However, it changed when I attended 6th grade. I went to Scholars Academy, a school that was a competitive middle school in which students had to take an exam, interview and other weird factors that dictate if a 11-year old would be successful. The school was in Rockaway too, a nearly hour commute for me. Albeit, the school was still a public school. At Scholars Academy, there was a general breakdown of diversity in the same way Hannah-Jones described saying “liberal” parents in NYC would enjoy. She stated: “White Americans, in general, are willing to accept about the ratio of black Americans at large: 10 to 15 percent.” At Scholars Academy, I would say approximately 60-70% of the students were white and the rest were a mix of hispanic, Asian and black. Although, I felt like it was a diverse experience, I realized now that it didn’t match up to the NYC demographics of “about 40 percent Latino, almost 30 percent black, 15 percent Asian, 15 percent white.” Then, in high school, my experiences with diversity changed. I attended Townsend Harris, a school that also looked at grades for admission. At Townsend, the diversity breakdown I would say was about 70% Asian (South and East), 20% white and 10% black/hispanic, which is clearly not representative of New York City’s population.