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Article | The Tyee
One Girl’s Experience of Being #BlackInSchool
written by Katie Hyslop
This article explores the experiences of Habiba Cooper Diallo in elementary and high school as a Black Canadian student. Habiba reopens the diary she kept as a teenager to share the good and bad moments of her time in school; her joyful memories of time spent with her best friend and the devastating times she experienced racism in the classroom.