Black parents say their children are being suspended for petty reasons that force them to take off from work and sometimes lose their jobs

Black parents are having to call off work to deal with their children's minor infractions at school. Cavan ImagesWhen “Mike,” the father of a ninth grade student, got a call from his daughter’s school, the first thing he asked was: “How important is this?” “They said, ‘Well, it’s important,’” Mike told me during an interview for my research. When Mike went to his daughter’s school to see what was the problem, school officials told him his daughter was being suspended for giving a boy a hug. He e

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