School segregation in the United States

Subject in Education

School segregation in the United States has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Nikole Hannah-JonesAmerican journalist and New York Times Magazine writer who teaches at Howard University

  • Hannah-Jones said that despite her doubts, she remains unwavering that the treatment of Black children is immoral and a societal choice.

    “The base of the argument... is that what we are doing to Black children is immoral. And that I am not wavered on”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 58:34

  • Hannah-Jones argued that equality requires personal sacrifice, citing the sacrifices of earlier generations of Black Americans.

    “I believe in the concept of equality, but I can't make a personal sacrifice. We don't get there”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 23:53

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Chana Joffe-WaltThis American Life producer and reporter, guest-hosting the episode

  • Joffe-Walt observed that public schools remain as unequal and segregated as they were decades ago despite the sacrifices of integration advocates.

    “Public schools are unequal and segregated as they were 10 years ago, 30 years ago, 60 years ago”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 56:28

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Podcasts

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.