A Cigarette Only Changes Your Life if You Are Black
Newsflash: Kids, especially teenagers, do things they aren’t supposed to do. But there is wide variation in the consequences of youthful, impulsive decisions. Take the example of smoking at school. Plenty of kids get away with smoking – once or hundreds of times. Some kids get reprimanded, lose privileges or get detention. But for some kids, particularly Black kids, the consequences are more severe. I was recently at a meeting and heard a couple of examples that have stayed