
Second class: I didn’t fall through the cracks, I was pushed
As an ’emotionally disturbed’ black kid in the American school system, the neglect I suffered was both overt and subtle, instant and lasting.

As an ’emotionally disturbed’ black kid in the American school system, the neglect I suffered was both overt and subtle, instant and lasting.
The Fourth of July is a day we Americans group to celebrate with gunpowder. But I wonder what we’re celebrating. Perhaps a denial of the truth.