Pentagon

When the Black boy said, “My dad works at the Pentagon,” his teacher and classmates mocked him, calling him a li:ar and looking down on him. But ten minutes later, his father walked in and the teacher’s reaction surprised everyone.

“My dad works at the Pentagon.” For a split second, the classroom went d3ad silent then laughter broke out like a wave. Twenty-five heads turned toward Malik Johnson, the only Black student in Mrs. Harding’s fifth-grade class at Jefferson Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. “Yeah, sure he does,” snorted Tyler, the class clown. “Next you’ll say […]