Social Media Has Exposed the Racism of Private Schools - but There's Still More to Do

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Social Media Has Exposed the Racism of Private Schools - but There's Still More to Do

In the wake of George Floyd's killing last year, the racial reckoning of the "Black at" movement spread across Instagram. Black alumni and current students of independent, private schools stretching across the country - including The Lovett School, Sidwell Friends, Dalton School, Brearley, Chapin, Spence School, and more - shared their painful stories, detailing their racialized traumatic experiences as students, which for many began in elementary school on their predominantly white campuses.

With over 250 accounts representing schools from over 27 states, the "Black at" movement will be cemented as a seminal moment at the intersection of education, social media, and racial injustice, bringing attention to the systemic, institutionalized anti-Black racism as the foundation on which these schools were built.

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