I get called a snitch all the time for calling my students’ parents. I understand as an outsider and maybe just not living in the hood and not being Black, the label isn’t as stigmatized to me as it is for my kids. I think when institutions abandon your community enough, there’s your own honor code and justice system. No one is going to see anything so I have to keep my eyes on my students to protect them, because they know the peer ramifications if they tell or seek justice through the school system themselves.