I was disappointed in a particular scene

His “outrage” was because he saw the metal detectors being installed. And the new guy instantly expelled that kid for fighting.

https://ocrdata.ed.gov

Go to the above site, do a school or district search and look at the disciplinary data among different races. Almost always, black kids are disproportionately disciplined. There’s also other data that prove it’s mostly white teachers that disproportionately discipline students of color. As far as I’ve seen, every issue in this show is inspired by very true realities.

The script is flipped all the time. As a matter of fact, black actors usually get the leadership roles, the judges, CEOs, detective, etc. The roles where they don’t really make too much of an impact but they check off a quota or whatever. That’s when the script is flipped and it’s way more common than what BL is doing.

/r/BlackLightning Thread Parent