Friday, March 15, 2019

Dr. Alexa Irene Canady

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Canady and her younger brother were raised outside of Lansing and were the only two African-American students in their school.

 Her mother being a former President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and her father a dentist, she was taught the importance of education from an early age.

 Her mother once told her, "Let them make you the token — so what if you're the token black girl. Take that token and spend it." 

She faced prejudice in school, in one instance, a family member who was training in psychology tested her at a young age for intelligence, when she scored highly on the exam, her family was surprised because her performance in school was only average. 

 They later discovered that her teacher had been switching her test scores with a white student to cover up her intelligence.

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