Black and nonwhite students around the country are taking to social media to share stories about what it’s like to attend majority-white high schools and colleges
Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP The reckoning on racial justice in the United States, touched off by protests after the death of George Floyd, has now reached some of the most elite classrooms in New York City.
“This is not meant to be trauma porn that you can consume comfortably and gossip about with your friends,” a post on @blackatbearley reads. The account has shared dozens of upsetting recollections of being mixed up by white teachers, being discouraged from applying to elite colleges, being made an example of in class, and even being blamed for criminal behavior. Some of them describe hurtful comments from white peers about being on financial aid, or living in boroughs other than Manhattan.
“All my years at Grace I have felt this quiet pressure that seemed to stop me from mentioning every time I was hit with micro aggression after micro aggression,” writes Abisola Fashakin, in one post on @blackatgrace. “I witnessed, first-hand, the cult mentality at Grace of protecting those in the wrong, simply because they were white and rich … At the end of the day it seemed like the whole rise of ‘racism awareness and prevention’ conversations were only held to keep us quiet until we left.
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