Kicked Out

South Carolina leads the nation in preschool suspensions. Black children represent the greatest proportion of suspended students in the state. Studies indicate that Black children are frequently impacted by educators’ implicit racial biases.

Black children are perceived as older, less innocent, more prone to aggression, and more deserving of harsher punishment compared to their non-Black peers.

• View the Kicked Out report (PDF) by Melodie Baker, Ph.D.
• View Facing a Broken System : Addressing Suspensions and Expulsions of Young Black Children in South Carolina (PDF)

• April 12, 2024 – Preschooler Town Hall
• April 18, 2024 – Kicked Out Virtual Town Hall

1. BEE Collective Announces Two Town Hall Events Anchored by Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17, 2024)
2. ‘KICKED OUT’ – Virtual Town Hall Event on April 18, 2024
3. BEE Collective Releases Full Report Addressing Suspensions and Expulsions of Young Black Children