What Nikole Hannah-Jones has said about Racial inequality in education

2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 26, 2026

Nikole Hannah-Jones, American journalist and New York Times Magazine writer who teaches at Howard University, has been quoted on Racial inequality in education 2 times in 1 episode of This American Life, most recently on September 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Hannah-Jones said Najya's mostly Black elementary school spared her the feelings of inferiority Hannah-Jones experienced as a bused student.

    “in her formative years, she didn't have that experience that I had of formative. feeling less than other kids, of feeling like, is there something wrong with Black people?”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 11:59

  • Hannah-Jones said the confidence she built in Najya as a Black girl could be destroyed within weeks at the predominantly white school.

    “me trying to build my child's confidence as a Black girl and the inherent intellect and worth. And then it can be destroyed, like, in two weeks in this school”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 41:29

Episodes

  • 898: An Argument

    This American Life · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Nikole Hannah-Jones revisits her famous essay on choosing a segregated public school for her daughter Najya, who argues with her about that choice a decade later.

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