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The quote that opens this book is from an article titled In The American Public
Education System, Black Children Are the New Cotton, written by father, educational activist,
and writer Chris Stewart. Stewart s fundamental argument is that [w]hite Americäalways
[has] an interest in the education of Black folks, but never for the purposes of [Back people s]
freedom. 6 Instead of being the nurturing environment that builds confidence that Americäs
Black youth need to survive in this world, far too many schoolhouses across America (ranging
from preschool to high school) are nothing more than penitentiaries where Black bodies are
prisoners of war. For example, many Black children attend schools with more metal detectors
than mental health services, more police officers than counselors and more of a look of a starter
prison than a school. 7