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Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in particular, the ways in which inequity impacts the experiences of students of color. You recently gave a talk about the disproportionate suspension of Black girls in the U.S. Why is More

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