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Racism lurks behind decisions to deny Black high school students from being recognized as the top in their class

  • Written by Jamel K. Donnor, Associate Professor of Education, William & Mary
Racism lurks behind decisions to deny Black high school students from being recognized as the top in their classWas 'white fragility' the reason behind two Black Mississippi high schoolers' losing their valedictorian/salutatorian status?Sue Barr/Getty Images

Two Black students – Ikeria Washington and Layla Temple – were named valedictorian and salutatorian at West Point High School in Mississippi in 2021. Shortly afterward, two white parents ques...

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