Black Boys Don't Get A Pass in Racist America

“There’s a false assumption that Black boys are valued and get a pass when they are small but this is not true; they are targeted in a racist manner just like adult Black men. Studies show as early as preschool Black boys are disproportionately expelled. From K – 12 Black boys are disproportionately placed in special education, overly prescribed psychotropic medications, suspended more from school, have more negative encounters with the police including death, and are super ‘overly’ placed in the juvenile justice system.” - CNK

“Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping new study that traced the lives of millions of children. White boys who grow up rich are likely to remain that way. Black boys raised at the top, however, are more likely to become poor than to stay wealthy in their own adult households. Most white boys raised in wealthy families will stay rich or upper middle class as adults, but black boys raised in similarly rich households will not. “One of the most popular liberal post-racial ideas is the idea that the fundamental problem is class and not race, and clearly this study explodes that idea. But for whatever reason, we’re unwilling to stare racism in the face" said Ibram Kendi, a professor and director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University - EMILY BADGER, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER, ADAM PEARCE and KEVIN QUEALY