“…Not only have research studies acknowledged the ways in which early childhood education has academically failed Black boys, but there is also ample information about how it has failed them socially when teachers are unable to meet their needs in culturally relevant and affirming ways. Consistent with a compendium of research studies on Black boys' social outcomes (Gilliam et al, 2016;Miller-Dyce et al, 2020;Moore et al, 2018;Nasir et al, 2019;Wint et al, 2021), Wright and Counsell (2018) have noted that early childhood education is a discipline hub for Black boys. Indeed, rather than educating them, early childhood educators school them by over-disciplining and under-educating them (Shujaa, 1994).…”