The North Star with Shaun King

The North Star with Shaun King

Black Parents Are Keeping Their Children From Returning to In-Person School, and I Agree With Their Reasoning.

Black parents across the country are not enrolling their children into in-person school, a testament to the racism kids of color face in school every single day.

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Kendi King
May 04, 2021
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US Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona visits classes at Beverly Hills Middle School. (Photo by Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group/Daily Times via Getty Images)

As a Black girl who has gone to every type of school imaginable (public, private, charter, Catholic, etc.) I quickly realized that in the United States, racism is a part of every Black student experi…

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