The harrowing strip search of Child Q has sparked an uproar and personally moved me on many levels. As a woman, the humiliating nature of this ‘search’ infuriates me. As a person of colour the exhausting monotony of being unjustly singled out for your skin colour frustrates me. But as a mom, the sheer trauma this school girl endured breaks my heart and affects me the most. The thought that this could have been my child gives me shudders. The obvious abuse of power and blatant carelessness exhibited by two institutions [policing and teaching) that we should be able to trust is exasperating–the…