This seems like a good place to start: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-why-really-are-so-many-black-kids-suspended/2021/08 https://www.edweek.org/lead

This seems like a good place to start: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-why-really-are-so-many-black-kids-suspended/2021/08 https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-why-really-are-so-... It references multiple studies which show evidence that this discrepancy in disciplinary action is not due to a difference in offenses committed by black students. It's probably not a coincidence that we see these same sort of harsher penalty in the justice system for sentencing of black folks for committing the same crimes committed by white folk. It's the same systemic issues at play.