I remember sitting in my high school classroom and literally feeling all of the eyes on me. I'd do everything in my power not to turn around and look, but I could feel all of them piercing right through me.
And it's all because I was the only black person in class during discussions about black history. It can be pretty unsettling—you know, moments like that.
There aren't a lot of black educators out there.
I can honestly say I've never had one black history teacher until I took an African American history class in college.