"We, as educators, must discuss racism candidly. (Baines et al, 2018, p.103)"

1. "My experience in working with young children has proven time and time again that children are in fact very capable and willing to participate in hard conversations that are meaningful to them and that impact their lives. Sometimes it is adults that have difficulty with this... (Vasquez, p.6)"

1.1. "Because when we have just, okay, we got three new black teachers for the whole district and then they stay for a year and maybe a little more, and then it's like, "Okay. I didn't feel welcomed. I dealt with all these microaggressions and straight up aggressions. Biases came out and just not ... A lack of cultural competency was displayed, and I moved on. (Burns-Thomas, 2020, para.48)" -on hiring persons of color in schools