Please please please yes to cultural competency. The insensitive and ignorant comments I’ve gotten from teachers (I was a student in fairfax county from pre-k all the way to graduation) have stuck with me to this day, even the ones from elementary school. They’ve unfortunately become core memories and have shaped the way I experience and share my identity and culture (not for the better). Future children of color should not have to undergo the same trauma! White fragility should not have any place in this decision to lessen the trauma poc children face in public schooling.