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'Push Through': A 3rd-Grade Teacher's Lesson to Her Students in the Midst of Election Unrest
There have been a lot of mixed emotions since the announcement of Donald Trump’s presidential-election win Tuesday. People have expressed outrage, despair, denial and just a general sense of hopelessness, even after Trump had a cordial meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday to discuss the transition. In the midst of all this,…
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Mom Sends Daughter to School With Note Pleading for Help
An 11-year-old showed a handwritten message to an adult at East Feliciana Middle School in Clinton, La., on Tuesday. In it, her mother said that she was being held against her will and needed help, CBS News reports. School officials proceeded to contact the authorities. According to CBS News, authorities found the woman in a…
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How to Survive, Be Safe and Thrive at a Predominantly White Institution
I experienced many firsts when I left home for college. First car, first full-time job, first time being racially profiled and first time being called n—ger. Life comes at you fast if you’re black at a predominantly white institution. No one prepared me for the multiple assaults on my humanity that I experienced at a…
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Ala. Teacher Gives Test to 8th-Graders Asking How Many Tricks Would a ‘Ho’ Have to Turn to Support Pimp’s Crack Habit
An Alabama middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave for the remainder of the school year after reportedly passing out a test that included such questions as how many tricks would a prostitute have to “turn” to support her pimp’s crack addiction. According to Fox 10, the racist test, various versions of which…
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Dear People Without Children On Facebook…
Can I talk my shit? I think I can talk my shit. I’m gon’ talk my shit. It’s August in America, which means that for a significant number of people, it is around the time that their children – those sometimes tiny, bite sized creatures who don’t know much of shit but swear they do…