For more than a week an article by education journalist and “1619 project” author, Nikole Hannah-Jones has set off a firestorm of conversation about race, education and parenting. Her New York Times Magazine article titled “In Fighting For Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?”, chronicles the educational journey of her daughter Najya, from six years old to 16 years old. In 2016… Hannah-Jones and her husband, enrolled, Najya, at P.S. 307, the Daniel Hale Williams school in Brooklyn where they lived. An underperforming, under resourced, predominately Black school, despite their affluence, education and celebrity. According to the article, it did not go well. Years later, Najya attended Urban Assembly Unison School, a middle school, also in Brooklyn. Another underperforming, under resourced, predominately Black school. At the age of 12… she asked her mother why she sent her to bad school. We speak to a pair of education activists who have a lot to say about this issue.  

Guests:

Valarie Davis, Co-Host, “Rooted and Rising” on Montgomery Municiple Cable, Members, The Black Coalition For Excellence In Education

Ricky Ribeiro, Co-Host, “Rooted and Rising” on Montgomery Municiple Cable, Members, The Black Coalition For Excellence In Education