My First Foray into Studying the Conditions of Black Men & Boys (Me)

I don’t know at what age it clicked for me, but for as long as I could remember, I recognized how the world marked me. I was a Black boy, sure, but I was dehumanized and treated as less than throughout my time in schools. I live my life with my head on a constant swivel, in fear of not just police violence but of the ways my existence as a Black male uniquely exacerbates…