And yet here we are — generation after
generation — dropping our babies off at the
feet of an institution that, more often than
not, doesn’t see them as students, but as
social experiments, data points, or
disciplinary problems waiting to happen.
Classrooms that preach equality from a
chalkboard while pushing conformity from the
front desk. Schools that teach obedience, not
liberation. Tolerance, not truth.
Grand Pooh Bah Trump's diabolical
dismantling of the miserably failing U.S.
public school system is both a blow and an opportunity
to create a better system.
Here’s the burning bush truth — and most
of America’s not built to handle it raw,
uncut, and unvarnished: far too many white
teachers — especially the MAGA-flavored,
culture war crusaders hiding behind an apple
and a flag pin — don’t respect Black children.
They don’t empathize. Hell, they barely
tolerate them. They clock in, smile through
gritted teeth, and spend eight hours
babysitting what they consider someone else’s
burden. It’s not education — it’s containment.
Of course, there are excellent white
teachers — we’ve all had one or two… but Black
America would be shocked at the ones who fly
the flag but flinch at Frederick Douglass —
harbor no respect, no empathy, and not even
the decency of false sympathy. They don’t
connect with Black children — they endure
them. Because it’s the job. Because it pays
the bills. Because “diversity training” is
easier than justice.
They flinch at Carter G. Woodson, roll
their eyes at Nikole Hannah-Jones, and scoff
at the very idea of systemic anything. To
them, Project 1619 is propaganda, “equity” is a
liberal fever dream, and teaching real history
is some kind of Marxist black magic. Show them
a proud, curious Black child challenging a
Eurocentric worldview, and they label it
“disruptive behavior.” A young girl speaking
truth to power becomes “aggressive.” A boy
with questions becomes “a problem.”
And let’s not let the so-called liberal
saviors off the hook, either.
You know the type — the well-meaning
Peace Corps rejects who come down from their
manicured suburbs like education missionaries
to “fix” Black children. They bring lesson
plans soaked in savior syndrome, hearts full
of pity, and expectations so low they trip
over them on the way to the classroom. Their
version of help is just as harmful — because
nothing destroys a child’s spirit faster than
being coddled, condescended to, or told in
subtle ways that excellence isn’t expected
from them. They come armed with big hearts,
low expectations, and lesson plans soaked in
pity. They speak in TED Talk tones about
“making a difference,” but never expect Black
children to be great — only to be grateful.
And let’s be honest: condescending
compassion does just as much damage as
outright racism.
Let’s be real: both types — the
conservative culture warriors and the liberal
do-gooders — are performing. One performs
dominance, the other performs compassion, but
neither is rooted in justice. Neither is
empowering children to see themselves as
scholars, as leaders, as the rightful heirs to
a legacy far deeper than whitewashed textbooks
and flag-waving holiday units.
And all the while, Black children sit at
their desks, learning not just math and
grammar, but something far more sinister: that
their stories are optional, their histories
negotiable, and their futures… conditional.
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his
children. And only a nation this drunk on
denial would keep pretending it’s not
happening.
Because here’s the part that gets glossed
over in the mission statements and staff
development workshops: education in America
has never been neutral. It’s always been a
battlefield. A soft war. A carefully
choreographed campaign to control narratives,
shape minds, and produce citizens who don't
question the system — especially if that
system was built on their ancestors' backs.
You think school curricula
are just “objective”? Please.
Curriculums are not just lists — they’re
weapons. They are curated, cleansed, and
whitewashed. They teach George Washington's
wooden teeth myth before they mention the
enslaved people he pulled them from. They
canonize Rosa Parks’ quiet protest while
scrubbing Malcolm X’s fire. They hand out Anne Frank diaries, but never mention Huey P.
Newton, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, or Stokely
Carmichael. They are sanitized history dressed
in Wrangler jeans, Elmer Fudd work boots,
Hawaiian floral shirts, and approved by a
board of white moderates who think MLK only
had a dream and no rage. These curriculums were designed to
make white children feel proud and
comfortable… and Black children feel either
invisible or constantly in need of “behavioral
support.”
Why? Because a Black child armed
with truth is a revolutionary — and that
terrifies the system.
And so the system clings to its two-part
strategy: either suppress their brilliance or
smother it in soft bigotry. Either criminalize
their curiosity or pat them on the head with
patronizing praise for mediocrity.
It’s all a form of control. Disguised as
discipline. Dressed up as rigor. Justified
through “standards.”
Let’s go further. The school-to-prison
pipeline isn’t just some abstract phrase —
it’s an adhered-to official/unofficial
blueprint. And far too many teachers,
especially the ones who voted MAGA, enable it
with every suspension slip and every call home
that says, “He’s too much.”
No — what he is… is under-stimulated,
under-seen, and underestimated.
But instead of being challenged, he’s
boxed in. Labeled. Tagged. Handed off to
systems that don’t rehabilitate — they
tragically disappear into the depths of the
all-so-real American Nightmare.
Meanwhile, his white peers can curse out
a teacher, cheat on assignments, carry a gun
around for protection, vape in the bathroom —
and be met with concern, therapy referrals,
and second chances. It’s not just a double
standard — it’s systemic malpractice.
And let’s not forget: teachers don’t just
teach facts. They teach value. They teach
identity. They teach who matters. So when a
Black child sits in a classroom and never sees
themselves reflected, or worse — only sees
themselves when it’s time to talk about
slavery or riots — what message are we really
sending?
The message is loud and clear: you are
tolerated, not celebrated. Managed, not
mentored. Counted, but not counted on.
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his
children.
And yet here we are — enrolling our kids
into systems that still treat proximity to
whiteness as a gift and Black excellence as an
anomaly. And wait, wait, let me tell it like
it really is: under these adverse
circumstances — Black parental involvement is
pathetic, trifling, and indefensible — we, as
a people, have got to do better. It's a
perfect storm: disinterested white teachers
and disconnected Black parents. And a
traditional “Cosby” family is a rarity, a sad
oddity.
Our ancestors are disgusted….
My much-better half and myself have
raised two, 18 years apart, and we as parents
didn't miss a back-to-school night, hovered
above head constantly and consistently, like
Black Apache helicopter parents, letting
faculty and administration know we exist,
we’re interested/vested in our kids, and give
a damn.
We deserve nothing — no trophy, no medal,
no pat on the back — we were merely doing our jobs as parents.
Look, if we want liberation, it starts
with truth. And if we want truth, we better
stop outsourcing our children's minds to
people who don't even think they deserve to be
free. Because whether it comes wrapped in
conservative cruelty or liberal pity,
indoctrination in disguise is still
indoctrination.
It’s time to stop confusing “access” with
“respect.”
Stop confusing “diversity” with “equity.”
Stop letting people who see our children
as problems dress up their presence as
progress.
Because this isn’t just about education.
It’s about power.
It’s about memory.
It’s about who gets to shape the future,
and who gets erased from it before it even
begins.
Imagine
something different and indisputably better:
A nationwide private school system
created exclusively for Afro-American students
— from pre-K through 12th grade — built not to
remediate, but to revolutionize.
A network of local day schools for pre-K
through 8th grade in every major city.
Then four elite, college-prep boarding
academies for grades 9–12 — planted like
cultural monuments in the Northeast, South,
Midwest, and West — educating future senators,
surgeons, tech moguls, artists, and architects
of a new Black Renaissance.
Every classroom steeped in Afrocentric
excellence, where STEM, finance,
entrepreneurship, global studies, and the arts
are taught through a lens of cultural truth
and unapologetic empowerment. Where the
faculty are not just teachers — but mentors,
elders, and torchbearers: top-tier Black
scholars and professionals whose job isn’t to
control the child, but to ignite the genius
within them.
Imagine dorms that rival college
campuses, immersive study abroad programs,
partnerships with HBCUs and Ivy Leagues,
athletic programs that build character over
clout, and a culture rooted in self-respect,
not survival.
Imagine a place where Black kids don’t
just learn to read history — they learn to
make it.
Think “Black Power,” or as Harlem
Congressman Adam Clayton Powell said,
Audacious Power.
Funding this nationwide Black private
school system means thinking beyond bake sales
and grants — this is a multigenerational
investment in freedom, not charity.
Picture a hybrid financial model fueled
by Black excellence and collective power: a
combination of major private endowments from
Black entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes,
and legacy families who understand that
liberation requires infrastructure; strategic
corporate partnerships with Black-owned
businesses and equity-conscious brands looking
to invest in the future, not just market to
it; and a national tuition model scaled to
income, ensuring access without sacrificing
sustainability.
Add to that a philanthropic arm powered
by the Black diaspora, plus a 21st-century
giving strategy — crowdfunding platforms,
recurring micro-donations through apps,
branded NFT art drops, and blockchain-based
school bonds — and we’ve got a foundation that
doesn’t just reject government interference; it makes it irrelevant.
This isn’t just school funding. This is
nation-building disguised as curriculum.
This isn’t fantasy. It’s necessity.
Because the current system?
It is not broken — it’s functioning
exactly as designed: to produce a
marginalized, miseducated, manageable
underclass that’s forever catching up to
whiteness.
Let’s not forget: millions of
Euro-American teachers, coaches, counselors,
and administrators proudly backed Donald Trump
— a
man endorsed by the Klan — and still expect
you to believe they’re committed to helping
your child compete for the same American
Dream they voted to keep out of reach.
It’s delusional. It’s dangerous. And it’s
time to say it plainly: If they vote like your
oppressor, think like your oppressor, and
educate like your oppressor — they’re not here
to liberate your children. They’re here to
pacify them.
Liberation begins with truth. And truth
demands we stop sending our children into a
system that sees their very existence as a
threat.
We need new institutions, new blueprints,
new builders.
Not just for better grades — but for a
better future.
Because only a fool would let his enemy
teach his children. And we are done
being fools.
