A Good Little Girls Zine

Yesterday we unpacked the n-word.

Me–an Indian teacher; them–a seventh grade class.

Yesterday we unpacked the n-word: its ability to dehumanize, its reformation and reclamation, its ownership

We barely scratched the Surface.

I ache to do it right: be a steering voice to this class of twelve white kids and one. black. boy.

—but—

They will never be complete—these talks

for they will walk out; he will walk Out

and I cannot protect them. Him. from the deep-set veins of prejudice that flow, drenching every surface that he will step on.

So I look into their eyes. His eyes.

and try

to offer a tiny slice of the opposite each day he enters my room.

and hope it’s enough.

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Sonia Chintha

Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.

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