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[quote=Anonymous]I did not read the entire thread whoever I have seen African-American boys treated differently than their white counterparts I am white as as my son. I remember in early elementary school there was a little African-American boy who was a little taller and bigger than the rest and he was always in trouble. When I asked my son about that boy because I always saw him being sent to the office or whatever (this is kindergarten and first grade, so really really young) my son would say oh so so it's just really bad he's always in trouble.  
Well, that little boy was on my son's soccer team, and he always seemed well behaved to me. A couple of times his mother would ask me to watch him if she had to leave the soccer game early and she would come by our house to pick him up and again that boy was extremely well-behaved. I never saw any behavior issues with him. He played nicely with my son until his mother picked him up. So I think he was targeted because he was 1) African-American and 2) he was just a big kid so they felt like he should be acting more mature or something.

My eyes were opened. This is 21 years ago, but I still remember it.[/quote]

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