Well behaved for a black kid

Alisha Ragan
New York City, NY
Brooklyn

My six words come from practically every field trip and public outing I have taken my students on over the past 7 years. Both teaching here in Brooklyn and teaching LA, people have told me my kids are ‘well behaved for black kids’ or ‘so nice for Mexican kids’. It’s nauseating.


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