‘Nice White Parents’ Responsible for Failing Public Schools, New York Times Says
25th August 2020
Most say the answer is complicated, requiring a nuanced, collaborative approach.
But not The New York Times. They found the problem, and it’s simple: white parents.
The solution? “Try, whenever possible, to suppress the power of white parents.”
That quote comes from the Times’ podcast “Nice White Parents,” which chronicles the history of a single public school in New York. Specifically, the host, Chana Joffe-Walt, decides to look into the racial history of this school.