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Tigidankay “TK” Saccoh on how teachers can address discrimination at school

The anti-colourism activist writes at the invitation of Malala Yousafzai

MY PARENTS LEFT Sierra Leone in 2005 in search of opportunity and safety in the aftermath of our country’s civil war. When we moved to Seattle, Washington, I enrolled in a predominantly white school. On the first day of kindergarten, I sat at my desk wide-eyed and excited to learn everything I could. I felt that finally, I had some stability in my life.

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