‘We Don’t Want to Make White Kids Feel Bad for Being White’

‘We Don’t Want to Make White Kids Feel Bad for Being White’
History (and life) can give Black children an inferiority complex, but you won’t find conservative parents protesting over that.
Jeremy Helligar
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Nov 1, 2021
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Photo: flickrYou can tell a lot about people by their priorities. Guns and climate change are two of the biggest threats children of today will face in their…
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Written by Jeremy Helligar
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Brother Son Husband Friend Loner Minimalist World Traveler. Author of “Is It True What They Say About Black Men?” and “Storms in Africa” https://rb.gy/3mthoj
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