As children go back to school this month...

• ...as of last year, 14 million of the 50.7 million students in U.S. public schools identified as Hispanic, 7.8 million as Black, 2.6 million Asian students, 0.2 million Pacific Islander students, 0.5 million American Indian/Alaska Native students, and 1.6 million students of two or more races.
• Earlier this year, an nine-year-old American citizen was detained by border security for over 30 hours because, they said, she "provided inconsistent information." Again, she was nine.
• Today, it appears the shooting in El Paso was motivated by animus against immigrants.
• It was reported earlier this week that hate crimes are on the rise in 30 large American cities, reaching a decade high, even as overall crime is falling.
• Yesterday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement warning of the very real impacts that racism has on children's health.

What are we in schools doing to create healthy and safe places to learn?
Metal detectors and armed guards don't solve this. Nor do staff and administrators who claim to be "color-blind."
What are we doing, educators?