Black Attitudes Matter: Why I Don't Care If You Think I Look Mean
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by Ashleigh Shackelford
"Ashleigh, you have an attitude problem,” my high school supervisor says.
She would hassle me almost everyday in high school telling me to fix my face or to lose my attitude. But I didn't have an attitude. I was just a Black girl walking through the hallways without displaying a vivid form of enthusiasm for being at school. So of course I clapped back with, "I don't have an attitude!" And boop, I was in detention for responding with an attitude that I never had before she approached me with some bullshit.
Black Attitudes Matter: Why I Don't Care If You Think I Look Mean
Reviewed by For Harriet
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November 30, 2015
Rating: 5