“Qualifications”: The Historical Roots of a Loaded Term for Black Personhood

White supremacy has used the language of qualifications to stall Black personhood’s advancement into Americana.

“You have been operating in this city, which is majority Black, for more than a decade. More than half of your student body is Black. So how is it that you have no Black leaders in your district office or schools?”

A time ago, I was the principal of a charter school. I worked in the position…