My School Thought I Had No Future Because I Was Black

When the white adults in the world make you feel absolutely worthless

Photo by Felipe Gregate on Unsplash

I was 17, and the school had asked my mum to come in for a discussion about my academic performance. The meeting was scheduled for a Saturday morning, I knew that this couldn’t be a good thing. It meant that the school’s director was giving up his Saturday morning just to meet with my mother. This had to be serious.

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