re: Black kids face racism before they even start school. It's driving a major mental health

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I went to a predominantly black school. I didn't know the N word when I got there, but learned quickly that I was a white honky. Got my arse kicked by 4 blacks every day on the playground. I learned to dislike blacks when I was a kid, but not from white folks.

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Real life instead of what gets put forth by progressive scum.

We just need more funding to get out of this

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Black kids face racism before they even start school.

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thats true, they are taught to be racists by their mothers and the random assortment of baby daddys. when you are taught to be a racist and think everything is racist, then that is your world view.

Are there any lefties here who will explain why it’s a good thing to brainwash kids into believing they are oppressed? What good can come from this?

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The drivers of the mental health crisis for Black children begin early and persist through a lifetime.

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Living in a radically racist household wherein lying cheating and stealing are all glorified conduct does seem to have an adverse effect on the mental health and personal conduct of any child regardless of their racial context.

Personal accountability isn't something that anyone, regardless of race, seems to want to accept. There are challenges that everyone faces in life, and teaching a child to attach their lack of success to White people is reckless and abusive. Opportunity and success are as much attached to the willingness to be accountable for oneself, and the actions taken to achieve objectives, as it is to almost anything else - especially another race of people. No one is owed anything in life. Everything is there to be earned. You gain respect from yourself and others for your drive, vision, and relentless pursuit of your goals in life. Being crippled mentally at an early age by people that have a loser mentality just sets the whole stage up for failure. Plain and simple.

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I went to a predominantly black school. I didn't know the N word when I got there, but learned quickly that I was a white honky. Got my arse kicked by 4 blacks every day on the playground. I learned to dislike blacks when I was a kid, but not from white folks.

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Yeah, I read something by a guy that was raised in your similar situation. If I remember correctly he said something like, “If you wanna raise a racist white kid, send them to a predominantly black school.”

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Black schools like the one in Columbus, Ohio, where Strother works, students’ mental health is further tested by pressures and discrimination they endure because they are Black, as well as poverty and violence in some communities that have faced years of disinvestment.

“Anytime you deal with African American mental health, you’re not dealing with one thing,” Strother said. “It is several things. It is trauma that has not been addressed.”

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I wish the article was not based on just one school counselor in Arkon, who doesn't have a PhD. and who's educational background is general studies degree from Norfolk State.

One alternative hypothesis: black children are more likely to report that they are exposed to racist actions because they are socialized to see everything in racial terms. Do racism and racist actions exist? Sure. Do racism and racist actions exist to the level reported in this article? I am highly skeptical. But if the most innocuous, non-racial acts are viewed through a racial lens, and if the most innocuous, non-racial acts are perceived to reflect racism, it is not surprising that there are mental health ramifications for those socialized to see themselves as victims and targets of racism.