“Black Girls Don’t Wear Sperry’s”: A Black Girl’s Struggle Dealing with Private White Institutions in Racist America

By: Simone Armour My parents always said that society may strip you of everything but you have a right to your education. I was six years old when I walked into my first private school. The afro-puffs my mom loved to adorn me with stuck out in a sea of ponytailed and straight hair. I […]

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