He Hesitated to Call His Skin Black Because He Thought It Was Racist

He was only nine years old and already being muted.

Evelyn Martinez
Momentum
Published in
4 min readJun 9, 2022

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When I was in student teaching, I had the most amazing little boy as my student. We’ll call him Matt. He was absolutely the most precious and inquisitive nine-year-old boy I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in a long time.

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Evelyn Martinez
Momentum

Eviemwrites on Tiktok. Former blackjack dealer. Reader beware — you’re in for a scare!-R.L. Stine.