Minding My Bs and Qs—Tosha Woodard

A few years back, I learned of an incident at a private school in McLean where a teen student who identifies as white shared a picture on a group chat headlined “Black Lives Matter” Olympics. The events depicted in the image showed individuals engaged in criminal activities and an obvious smear of the social justice movement. Another student, who identifies as black, on the same chat thankfully, spoke out and acknowledged that he found both the picture and sender to be “racist or, at minimum, of a racist nature.”

An accomplished high school senior, school and community activist, and soon-to-be Yale freshman was offered more than $800,000 in scholarships. Yet, this is the description sent to the community to capture Iman’s senior moment.

By Tosha Woodard Minding My Bs and Qs Navigating a child’s education is not a perfect science with nuanced paths