This week's book:
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
By Monique W. Morris
March is Women's History Month, and this previous week held International Women's Day, which propelled me to want to read this book. It doesn't matter what color a woman's skin is, her story and impact on the world is important and needs to be heard. I bought this book a few years ago and kept putting it off or finding reasons to not read it. Well I stopped the dilly-dallying and read the book this week.
The book tells of how girls are treated poorly in school, especially lower income black women. Between sex trafficking which can lead to unwanted pregnancy, there is also the foster system and misbehavior in which can lead to detention, expulsion, or even jail time, which all leads to the inability to finish high school. A lack of an education can lead to even more prison time. Learning disabilities are under diagnosed in girls and an even high chance of African American girls. Punishments are much harsher for the black girls vs white girls in many classrooms.
Of the stories from the book talk about a six year old (same age as my middle child) being arrested in handcuffs for misbehaving in her classroom. I literally can not imagine our daughter getting arrested in her kindergarten classroom.
The book is so powerful and educational. Everyone should read it.
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