SUFFERING IN SILENCE: Nerds, Blerds and other Victims of Bullying in the Black Community

Monique Desir:

:) Growing up hasn’t made me feel any less as an outsider at times. Such is life, eh?

Originally posted on Chronicles of Harriet:

The death of a 7 year-old boy from Detroit, who is believed to have hanged himself in mid-May, 2012, because he faced bullying at school and the separation of his parents, should have been a wake-up call to all families and communities.

This tragedy should have prompted people of Afrikan descent to dispel the myths about the need for counseling and...