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The Masking of Black Boys: What a Decade Working with Black Boys Labeled "Emotionally Disabled" Taught Me
Black boys are twice as likely to be identified with Emotional Disability, and the label sticks. What gets read as defiance is often a mask. Here is what I learned in over a decade as a Black male school psychologist, and what practitioners can do tomorrow to help boys safely take it off.
Byron McClure
20 hours ago15 min read
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