Unfortunately, school merely serves to reinforce the systemic racism apparent within American society. She suffers severe psychological trauma as a result of this racism, feeling that she does not belong in this academic setting, which is meant to protect children from the outside world. Their racism was unadorned, unexcused, and particularly painful because I was unprepared for it (59).Īfter the subtler microaggressions experienced at her first school, which included labeling the students as good Fairies and bad Brownies, Audre is unprepared for the blatant racism of the next school she attends. Catherine’s School, the Sisters of Charity were downright hostile. If the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament had been patronizing, at least their racism was couched in the terms of their mission.
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