The wild part of Brooks’ attempt to conscript Black people for his argument is that Black parents — more than the general population — have accepted remote learning as a safety measure against COVID-19. 
https://twitter.com/wagatwe/status/1355207115200024579
The paternalism of insisting “we must reopen schools now, for the Black children!” — when it’s easy enough to listen to or learn about what Black people say they want, which is _not that_ — takes one’s breath away. washingtonpost.com/education/2020…
Yep. Black parents have agency over their decisions — and have preponderantly chosen to avoid exposing their families until in-person instruction is made safe.
https://twitter.com/KeeangaYamahtta/status/1355315787112837128
We’re getting to the point of needing a second season of the ‘Nice White Parents’ podcast to sort out the … er, distinct demographic character of those blaming teachers’ unions for closed schools.
.@ddayen wrote today about the blind spot that many have to parents of color’s concerns about in-person learning: “These parents have been battling their school districts for a basic level of quality in the places they send their kids for many years.” prospect.org/first100/reope…
“There are public schools in America without soap in the bathrooms. There are public schools in America, a shocking number of them, with no working air conditioning system.”
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