I am an African-American mother of two children in Virginia public schools. Both of them have a learning disability. My husband and I have very high expectations for our children. It has been a struggle to make sure their schools share our high expectations. One day my son Justin’s speech pathologist told me that she was not sure if my son had a “real” speech delay, or if my husband and I were speaking “Black English” to him at home, and that was the cause for my son’s speech delays. I guess she forgot that my husband, and proud father of his children, is White. At that moment, I knew it would take more, than just raising our children to believe that if they work hard, they can and will achieve great things. I would also have to convince their schools to look beyond my children’s race or disabilities and believe that they could be successful in school and in life.