The study results reflect the types of racial discrimination Black teens experience that are most frequent when they come in contact with adults like police officers and teachers.
Black teens’ issues are further complicated when their public school counselors and teachers, the majority of whom are White and have not experienced racial discrimination themselves, often take a colorblind approach to issues of race and, as such, may fail to validate the racial experiences of Black students and cause discrimination to be more harmful.
The report explains that teachers need mandatory training in culturally sensitive approaches to racial discrimination may be helpful in preventing and addressing the negative effects of racial discrimination in schools.
“My son has told me several times about the racism that happens at his school. The bad jokes that kids say and then say they were ‘just kidding.’ The things the teachers say supposedly with good intensions, but it hurts just the same. It’s rough out here for our children,” Helene Taylor told The Final Call. She has teenagers in high school in Montgomery County, Maryland.
“It’s not safe for them online against racism, they face it at school with White teachers, they face it in the streets with White police. Where is safe for them? We have to do something to change this situation for our children. It’s only getting worse.”
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