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that gave me more purpose as an educator, not just for Haitian kids, but for, I had my one white kid in class, and I know, you know what I'm saying? And every time I had that one or two white kids in class, I knew what came with that, is people didn't leave.

For some reason, they still here.

They didn't get the memo, you know what I'm saying? They wanted to hang and still be.

I always kind of was there to protect.

Even my kids who would deal with their sexuality issues, I could see that as a thing.

I always felt like, from a teacher perspective, if I could show that I could accept, I wouldn't say accept them, see them for who they fully are, then the kids would in turn, even if they didn't see it my way, they would never challenge me.

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