After completing the reading “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out Overpoliced and Underprotected” it is clear that the theme is on punitive policies in public education. The structure of a “zero tolerance” school made some students feel unwanted and unsafe. It’s devastating to hear that some students had to choose between leaving school or staying long enough to get arrested. The purpose for the author writing this is to shed some light on the issue of girls of color struggling in schools, but their issues going unnoticed. How these girls get punished more than their white counterpart and also statistically more than males of color. Some of the justifications for this is that women are seen as being more calm and quiet and when they act out teachers
