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"Desire is never politically correct"
-Cherríe L. Moraga

“Why’d you give that n***** your eraser?”

“I send my two sons to school to learn, not so that they can be called racial slurs. But on Wednesday, a boy in 10-year-old Mr. O’s fifth grade class decided to make sure that the classroom was an extra welcoming learning environment. He posed the above question to another student, after that kid decided to give my son an eraser.

My son told me about it when I went to pick him up from his after school program and of course I was angry and upset, but I also felt numb. I am the mother of two black males in the United States. That means this is not the first time my boys have been called a racial slur.

I could write about how we are not post-racial and this is exhibit A of why I believe that racism is still America’s most vital and challenging issue. But it came to me that there’s something powerful about letting children–the most innocent of us all–share what it feels like to be called the n-word in class.”

More discussion from the mother at the full article linked below.

http://www.racialicious.com/2011/12/07/why%E2%80%99d-you-give-that-n-your-eraser-when-your-10-year-old-is-called-racial-slurs-at-school/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Racialicious+%28Racialicious+-+the+intersection+of+race+and+pop+culture%29

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Tagged with:  #Race  #America  #Racialicious  #POC  #Children  #Resistance

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