Honour student who works two jobs to support her siblings after her parents split up and left town is put in JAIL for missing school due to exhaustion

stfuandlistenwhitepeople:

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Diane Tran, 17, thrown in jail for one night because of repeated absences from school

Honours student has been working two jobs to keep family afloat since parents’ divorce

Has been taking advanced placement and college courses in addition to jobs and missed school due to exhaustion

Spent the night in jail for truancy

Petition for the decision to be overturned here

Saw this on the news last night. She was also fined $100, despite the fact that she’s clearly already struggling.

But if she was white you know she’d be on the news with everyone praising her for being so responsible. Amerikkka fix your fucking shit.

CC: Sign this petition and reblog. This is absolutely ridiculous.