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5 min readShe Bet Her Child’s Future On Woke Ideology. It BACKFIRED.
Nicole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a prominent voice in critical race theory, made a deliberate choice to enroll her daughter in struggling, predominantly Black public schools in Brooklyn starting in 2015. Years later, her daughter confronted her: "Sometimes I wish instead of always thinking about other kids, you would have thought about me." The New York Times had put the child on its cover to illustrate Hannah-Jones's argument about school segregation. Now, with test scores and her daughter's own academic deficits laid bare, the experiment has become a public reckoning.
The framework: ideology over individual welfare
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction and Episode Setup** - Host Amala Ekpunobi introduces the story of New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who sent her daughter to underperforming schools to make a point about racial inequality.
- 2 (01:22) **Background on Nikole Hannah-Jones** - Host explains who Hannah-Jones is and the context of her decision to enroll her daughter in struggling Brooklyn public schools.
- 3 (02:54) **The Original New York Times Story** - Details the 2015 cover story where Hannah-Jones made her daughter the "poster child" for her school choice decision.
- 4 (03:17) **School Performance Metrics** - Host presents the actual test score data from the two schools Hannah-Jones chose for her daughter.
- 5 (03:56) **The Mechanism: How the Ideology Played Out** - Host explains the flawed logic and the actual consequences inside the failing schools.
- 6 (04:36) **The Confrontation with Her Daughter** - The daughter begged for a choice about high school and confronted her mother about being sent to a bad school.
- 7 (05:10) **The Daughter's Devastating Conclusion** - The key emotional climax where the daughter expresses her personal hurt.
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Show Notes
NYT writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of the 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her child to a bad public school on purpose in order to make a point about her woke ideology, and it blew up in her face. Let’s talk about it.
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