Few Black men become school psychologists. Here’s why that matters

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Black men in the U.S. are more likely to be professional football players than public school psychologists.

It’s a startling statistic. But for Chase McCullum, a Black man who became a school psychologist over a decade ago, it’s just reality.

“Education is not a field that I think a lot of people from my background would typically pursue,” he says.

Growing up in southern Mississippi during the ’90s, McCullum planned on becoming a lawyer.

“I didn’t even know what a school psychologist was.”

Read more on NPR.

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