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So, 18% of U.S. preschool children are black, and receive 48% of more than one out-of-school suspensions. Mrs. Powell's older son suspended three times for throwing chairs twice and spitting on another student once. Her younger son suspended five times so far, the first for striking a staff member on the arm. Eight times total in 2014 for the two. The author is claiming a “lack of diversity training,” meaning the school is filled with white racists. And she was habitually suspended as a student growing up. She says there is a father in the household. Well.

Probably not 1% of the people on this forum were suspended in preschool, and most never suspended at all during elementary & secondary education. Yet her sons receive eight just in preschool. There are dogs not barking on this one. Guarantee you something isn't right in that household, and it begins with Mrs. Powell. Plus, the details of each suspension are not given. I'll bet the preschool staff would have a lot to say, but betcha they've been threatened with their jobs if they do.

Blacks are 12% of the U.S. population, and yet commit 70-75% of violent crimes. Guarantee you that's not racism, but a completely broken down culture among blacks. Civil society doesn't exist in many black areas. Yes, a lot of it due to the 80% black out-of-wedlock births and fatherless homes. But who do you see filmed fighting and trashing fast food restaurants, or getting into it on buses & trains with regularity? It's not the black males.

Won't happen, but Mrs. Powell needs to stow away her race card, and have her husband get out the leather belt.

What's really interesting is that as far as I can see, there are no studies at all on whether black teachers suspend black students at a higher rate or no. Absolutely ZERO. Run a Google search and you'll see... no one dares even ask this question.

But it needs to be asked, because if black kids are getting in trouble even in schools where the teachers are black... then it's most likely not racism.

and most never suspended at all during elementary & secondary education

Well no more than tree times and only after I got to high school. I had this quirk. When a kid hit me hard as in to inflict pain wanting to fight I would hit back. First time it happened I hit back. Suspended. Second time same thing. Third time I didn't and still got three days. My parents put the principal on notice at that point I would continue to defend myself suspension or no. No I wasn't a kid that went around looking for trouble or tried to get into trouble.

By my senior year I had transferred to a smaller high school. One guy picked a fight & I returned a punch. We were sent to the principal. He told me go on to class. The other kid he said step inside the office. Other kid was a known trouble maker. Neither of us got suspension. This was in the early 1970's BTW. Of all the ones I got in a fight with none ever bothered me again. In high school today a simple fist fight results in police action.