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When self-advocacy gets pathologized in children of color

My daughter's teacher said she's 'aggressive' for advocating for herself the same way white kids do and now she's becoming quiet and small.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Colonial educational systems punish the very qualities of self-determination they claim to cultivate, but only in certain bodies.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined colonial subject?”

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