[Image description. A thread by twitter user @ karnythia from July 19, 2017.
āI am fascinated by how many people have assumed the kid having the tantrum on the train is on the spectrum & thus needs extra patience.Ā
I can say with some authority that a Black kid on the spectrum having that same issue wouldnāt get half as much patience nor would his parent
My youngest is on the spectrum. He had a tantrum in our house when he was 2. My white neighbor threatened to call the cops on me. But okay
When I tell you that my kids couldnāt act that way? Thatās totally the voice of experience. Because Black boys on the spectrum canāt do that
At least not if you want to avoid being reported to DCFS or having them handcuffed at school or you knowā¦shot by a cop. Just saying.Ā
This is the voice of a bitter Black mom speaking through. Because I spend 2-3 days every year at his school dealing with racist assumptions
Black boys do not get to have tantrums in public. They do not get to have them at school either. No matter whatās going on. Trust me on that
Because (and here is indeed a fuck you very much) they will get killed if they cannot control themselves. No matter whatās going on.
I have to make sure kid #2 doesnāt have a meltdown in public, isnāt too loud at home either. We live in the hood for a reason.Ā
If heās having a rough day? My neighbors wonāt call the cops. They will look out for him. But then theyāre black & they get it.Ā
We literally work with him constantly on impulse control & self soothing. Because we want him to live past 20.Ā
Thereās no compassion for kids like my son. My patience for your white ass feelings about Black parenting is pretty much nonexistent.
Iām a hardass. I know that. I do. But then Iāve had a dozen giant red warning signs that my kid canāt stay alive if heās not in control.Ā
Get at me when your kid on the spectrum has a meltdown & you get a call about the possibility of charges being pressed for yelling.Ā
Because heās tall & Black & repeated the same profanity as all the other kids involved in the fight. Call me when you realize heās at risk.
I want you to sit at a table & listen to an adult white woman tell you she doesnāt like teaching your kid because heās scary at 8.
Not that heās violent or threatening. Nope. He just yelled at her one day after she blamed him for being bullied. Go to that meeting.
Get a call about your kid being a problem because heās too flat when he speaks. Not that heās done anything. They just donāt like his voice
Having theĀ āWeāre going to write him up for trespassingā conversation because your kid sat in an empty classroom to study. Have that call.Ā
My kids get good grades. They donāt do half the shit that I did. But I have two sons & I stay in their schools keeping them safe from the admins
Meanwhile one of my neighbors did 10 years for attempting murder. Heās got no training. But he stops & chats with every kid on our block
He warns them off gangs & listens when theyāre mad. He helped teach kid #2 to throw a football. Because he knows how easy it is to get lost
The grace you show to white kids? Try showing it to all kids. Our girls arenāt grown at 5 & our boys arenāt weapons at birth.
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