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1st Grader Picks Out Green Dress for Picture Day—The Results Leave Mom Cry-Laughing

“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."

Student’s Humble Plea to Teacher at the Bottom of His Test Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This note gave me so much hope. Let us all be a little more like this young man!!"

Tag: African American

Things I’m Forced to Tell My Black Son

When we go shopping after school, I tell my son he has to leave his backpack in the car. When he wants to take a walk past dark with his friends, I tell him “no." He’s not allowed to play with guns that aren’t clearly Super Soakers. If we’re stopped by the police because our headlight is out, I say, “Remember what I taught you.”

“I Get a Text: ‘I Didn’t Know She Was Dating a Black Boy, Did You?’ It Took Me All Day to Think Up a...

It took me all day to think up a response, which I didn’t send personally but thought I would share for anyone else that 'may not know'.

No, My Son Can’t Seek Cover from a Snowstorm—Because He’s African American & 14-Years-Old

"Just because you’re uncomfortable talking about it, doesn’t mean it no longer exists. Accept it. Talk about it. Change it. And don’t get caught outside in a snowstorm."