Bravo to a 13-year-old writer brave and talented enough to submit her thoughts to the scrutiny of these boards....

... but I will comment on her framing the matter of racism as somehow a matter that one might not understand due to living in a "privileged environment" such as a particular neighbourhood in Seattle.

A child invoking the term "privilege" so early on in the framing of her argument is troubling. It appears clear (and saddening) that those who have educated her, at this young age, have managed to instill the mindset that privilege is the key to the ethnic/racial tensions in society. And surely applauding that perspective would be Black Lives Matter, who invoke it routinely.

I doubt young children are armed to say back to a teacher, "I reject your focus on privilege because your privilege-focus overlooks much and is damagingly maladaptive to those embracing it". And so they embrace the new scripture, young, and a new proselytization replaces religion in education.