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When parenting becomes preparing children for systemic bias

My son keeps getting suspended from school for the same behaviors that white kids in his class get warnings for and I do not know whether to teach him to fight the system or survive it.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Raising children in unjust systems forces parents to choose between fostering resistance and ensuring survival.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Responsibilities — the other side of rights?”

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