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In schools that frequently use courts for discipline, black and special-needs students are disproportionately affected, and not just in the short term. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2015 1:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Special Education, School Discipline (Students), Blacks, Highlights

Racial Bias in Discipline: What If Your Child’s School Is Harder on Some Kids Than Others?

Black parents may want to believe that society has moved on from racial bias, but that belief can undermine their ability to advocate for their children. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2014 3:16 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Race and Ethnicity, School Discipline (Students), Blacks, Highlights

Inviting African-American Mothers to Sell Their *** Milk, and Profiting

A company with no ties to Detroit's African American community plans to promote *** feeding and economic empowerment among mothers by encouraging them to sell their excess *** milk. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2014 8:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Breastfeeding, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, Blacks, Highlights

Talking About Racism With White Kids

Having an “uncomfortable” talk with your white children about privilege, bias and racism? Good. Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 4:24 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Race and Ethnicity, Blacks, Highlights, Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings

With Black Students, Some Schools Are More Ready to Punish Than Help

My son's school seemed to see him as a bad child, not a child with needs the school could help to address. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2014 1:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, foster care, Education (K-12), Race and Ethnicity, School Discipline (Students), Blacks, Highlights

Jonathan Martin and the Soft, White, Private School Question

Jonathan Martin blames "soft" schools and "white private school conditioning" for part of his trouble in dealing with N.F.L. bullying. Those are loaded terms to parents and educators. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2014 11:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, bullies, Education (K-12), Blacks, The Opposite of Spoiled, Private and Sectarian Schools, Miami Dolphins, Martin, Jonathan (1989- )

Talking Race With a Toddler Who Wasn’t Talking About Race at All

Why would my 2-year-old daughter, who we've protected from television and who lives in a racially diverse community, suddenly call her darker-skinned toy "the black one"? Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2013 12:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Children and Childhood, Race and Ethnicity, Blacks, Highlights

Will a ‘Black’ Name Brand My Son With Mug Shots Before He’s Even Born?

My unborn son, a seven-month old fetus, could already have all the world's unspoken markings of a criminal — the wrong skin color and the wrong name. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2013 6:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Crime and Criminals, Race and Ethnicity, Names, Personal, Blacks, Highlights

Talking Truth, Trials and Trayvon With Children

Neither the Trayvon Martin trial nor the matter of Edward Snowden is easy to explain to children, and that's exactly what makes both worth talking about. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2013 10:49 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, _featured, Race and Ethnicity, Zimmerman, George, Martin, Trayvon, Blacks, Snowden, Edward J

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