Those who are never on the receiving end of actual racism are probably unaware that many of their forefathers were absolutely obsessed with race and weaved it very tightly into the fabric that is America. They weaved racism into the school system, financial and banking system, the housing system and into city layouts. The modern day police is an institution that was one hundred percent conceived and structured around the ideals of racism. And what would you say if I told you that even something as child-friendly and innocent as a Nursery Rhyme was also rooted in racism? *Gasp*

It didn't take long for me to realize that I had to go into Black Pride overdrive for my students. I was going to make sure that these Black children whose lives I touched every single day had at least one place on campus that was intentionally designed to support them. I would affirm everything from their beautiful skin tones to their natural hairstyles- by my third year at the school, almost every girl with permed hair that came through my class had done a big chop and was now proudly wearing their natural hair!