Revisiting an Honest Education (with Heather McGhee and Juliet Kuehnle)

Today, we’re reposting a past episode of The Suburban Women Problem. Before mask mandates were the hot-button issue of the day, the right wing was trying to make us all afraid of Critical Race Theory. And we bet that pretty soon they’re going to try again to make us afraid of an honest education for our kids. So let’s keep this conversation going.

On this episode, hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein discuss Critical Race Theory and what our children are being taught in school about race and American history. They talk about the history they weren’t taught when they were in school--for example, about the Tulsa Race Massacre--and how we have to provide our kids with the truth about our history if we want to equip them to be good citizens and empathetic humans.

Then Amanda gets the opportunity to talk with New York Times best-selling author Heather McGhee. Heather's new book is “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.” Heather and Amanda discuss what all Americans have lost by treating history and public services as a zero-sum game... and they bond over their love of economics, barbecue, and John Legend.

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