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Ellen Zhang
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An Outlet for Inquisitive Minds

Episodes

  1. 12/16/2022

    Colonial Roots of School Discipline

    Despite evidence that punitive punishment is ineffective and damaging— at worst, pushing vulnerable children out of school into the carceral system and, at best, driving student resentment and a breakdown of the teacher-student relationship— we still enact them in the forms of detention, suspension, expulsion, and in extreme cases, practices that replicate our carceral system by introducing police, surveillance, fines and probation into schools. However, if you consider our current system of punitive discipline in schools as a continuation of European colonialism, we can begin to pick apart the origins and evolution of how our schools are increasingly operating as an extension of the penal system through hundreds of years of intentionally oppressive design.

    26 min

  2. 05/19/2022

    Can Fonts Be Racist? (Yes, They Can)

    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://inquisitiveoutlet.com/2022/05/18/can-fonts-be-racist-yes-they-can/

    16 min

  3. 12/03/2021

    Scholar Denied: Kimberle Crenshaw and Intersectionality

    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://inquisitiveoutlet.com/2021/12/03/scholar-denied-kimberle-crenshaw-and-intersectionality/

    12 min

  4. 04/12/2021

    [Part 1] Privilege: The Knapsack

    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://inquisitiveoutlet.com/2021/04/01/part-1-privilege-the-knapsack/. This episode, we introduce the concept of white privilege as it exists in America and we use the podcast, Nice White Parents, to take a close look at how that privilege manifests within our education system within the microcosm of NYC schools.

    14 min
  5. Millennial Killing Machines

    03/29/2021

    Millennial Killing Machines

    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://inquisitiveoutlet.com/2021/02/18/millennial-killing-machines/

    8 min
  6. The Curb Cut Effect: How Helping Others Can Help Yourself

    03/29/2021

    The Curb Cut Effect: How Helping Others Can Help Yourself

    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://inquisitiveoutlet.com/2021/03/28/the-curb-cut-effect-how-helping-others-can-help-yourself/

    13 min
  • 6 Episodes

About

An Outlet for Inquisitive Minds

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  • Creator
    Ellen Zhang
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ellen Zhang
  • Show Website
    Outlet