I will reiterate an experience I had as a child in the fourth grade. I was living in North Carolina. I was a minority in color. My teacher was African American. There were opportunities in class to have a snack at ten. The offerings were milk or ice cream. I believe I either ordered milk or had something from home. One day I ordered ice cream. My teacher stated, "girl you don't need no ice cream." I was a big kid and by no means fat just not waify and little. At this moment I believed that teachers with dark skin were mean and that I was fat. My life changed that year.
I think that equity was diminished as I was not afforded the same freedom to choose without discrimination. I was teased.
I think that as a small child there is no safe zone. I had to process that on my own. I don't even know if I mentioned it to my mother. It sure did stick with me and did form some hidden bias in my life.
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