Hana Jaffe-Walt

Her name is Courtney. She's a black woman standing before a line of board members who all appear to be white. Here's what she had to say.

Her name is Courtney. She's a black woman standing before a line of board members who all appear to be white. Here's what she had to say.

In so many corners of the country right now, parents, usually white parents, are showing up to meetings just like this to express their fear, to say they don't want their children harmed or feeling uncomfortable. Courtney is talking about harm that is already happening. And Jerry Craft is already uncomfortable. He wrote a whole book about feeling uncomfortable.

In so many corners of the country right now, parents, usually white parents, are showing up to meetings just like this to express their fear, to say they don't want their children harmed or feeling uncomfortable. Courtney is talking about harm that is already happening. And Jerry Craft is already uncomfortable. He wrote a whole book about feeling uncomfortable.

He told me, you just learn to deal with it. He never had any laws protecting him from discomfort or school boards worried about his discomfort. What he had was the ability to write it down, to talk about it.

He told me, you just learn to deal with it. He never had any laws protecting him from discomfort or school boards worried about his discomfort. What he had was the ability to write it down, to talk about it.