Ashy

A teacher’s meditations on skin care and skin color

Emma Jane LaPlante
Nov 1 · 1 min read
Matching with my sixth grader (we’re both sneaker girls).

A whole world of
expletives out there,
yet one of the worst things you could call
my room full of black and Latinx teenagers is

ashy. Late last spring

I ordered a bulk supply of lotion
to keep in a drawer;
they pass it among themselves and…

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Emma Jane LaPlante

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20something writer living and teaching in Oakland, CA. Your dose of activist sense w/ Midwestern sensibility. Follow my winsta (writer’s insta) @winstainthebay.

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