What Grade Were You In When You Had a Black Teacher?
Ari Herzog
JUNE 7, 2020
Someone asked this question two days ago on Twitter. It already has over 45,000 replies. Perusing them, I see a lot of nevers and nones. And me? I might be missing someone but I think I made it through 13 grades, 5 schools, 2 degrees, 1 college, and 2 universities without ever having a Black teacher or professor. While I’ve had many Black mentors in my adult life, it’s upsetting that I don’t recall that experience from my youth.
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