The zero tolerance policy is a school or sometimes a district policy, that allows students to receive harsh punishments or severe consequences based off on their actions (edutopia.org). It sounds simple and almost like a realistic plan of action, until the articles, blog pages, and new stories pop up about the children under the “zero tolerance” policy being arrested and sent home with a criminal record. Some of the students are as young as kindergartners. It becomes an even larger issue when black children who make up approximately 18 percent of students, yet they are the 46 percent affected by zero-tolerance policy (tolerance.org). Children cannot vote and children “barely” have a voice, it is the job of American citizens to look for everyone
