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If you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: white parents. A five-part series from the makers of Serial and The New York Times. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.

Nice White Parents Serial

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.3 • 697 Ratings

If you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: white parents. A five-part series from the makers of Serial and The New York Times. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.

    1: The Book of Statuses

    1: The Book of Statuses

    A group of parents take one big step together.

    • 1 hr
    2: 'I Still Believe in It'

    2: 'I Still Believe in It'

    White parents in the 1960s fought to be part of a new, racially integrated school. Where’d they go?

    • 51 min
    3: ‘This Is Our School, How Dare You?’

    3: ‘This Is Our School, How Dare You?’

    We saw what happens when white families come into the school. What happens when they stay out?

    • 45 min
    4: 'Here’s Another Fun Thing You Can Do'

    4: 'Here’s Another Fun Thing You Can Do'

    Is it possible to limit the power of white parents?

    • 48 min
    5: ‘We Know It When We See It’

    5: ‘We Know It When We See It’

    An unexpected last chapter. Some white parents start behaving differently.

    • 52 min
    Introducing: Nice White Parents

    Introducing: Nice White Parents

    A new limited series about building a better school system, and what gets in the way.

    • 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
697 Ratings

697 Ratings

Wally04 ,

A must listen

Great journalism and insight into a broken system. Whether we like to hear it or not we white people are preserving a racist system and this program shows how - please give it a listen to learn how our biases - often unintended- can have consequences especially on people of colour. It also offers potential solutions although none are simple and require us to truly desire and action equity for all.
Well done on a remarkable piece of work.

Joanie Leonie ,

Quel Surpris (not)

This boring, flabby, condescending podcast recycles the usual racist, half baked ideas and delivers them in a patronising parcel.
If you have spare time I’d suggest hot glueing Cheetos to your eyebrows will be a more productive way to spend it.

samtheking25 ,

Boring, almost lazy

I say almost lazy because it isn’t. It’s clear a lot of research was put into this but littler effort was made to make this interesting. I liked the episode where they documented the history of the school segregation but that was about it. This is educational and informative. However, it is also dull, niche and very repetitive.

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