Ask Code Switch: School Daze

Code Switch

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4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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For better or worse, classrooms have always been a site where our country's racial issues get worked out — whether its integration, busing, learning about this country's sordid racial history. On today's Ask Code Switch, we're talking about fitting in, standing out, and standing up for what you believe in.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Daniel Alarcon, host of NPR Spanish language podcast Ryan Bulante.
0:03.6	We're back with the new season with 36 stories from all over Latin America and the Latino community here in the US.
0:09.2	From one of the most controversial trials in Puerto Rico's history to the Venezuelan migrant crisis.
0:13.8	Listen to Ryan Bulante on the NPR One app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.0	Jean Demby?
0:21.3	Present.
0:22.4	I'm looking at the tundish eater, sheh, sheh, lean, marisau, marigee.
0:28.2	Shehreen Marisau, marigee.
0:30.0	That's what I said.
0:31.2	Here and ready for code switch to go back to school.
0:34.6	Yeah, back to school, sir.
0:36.0	I'm not there.
0:37.1	Is it really that time when you're already?
0:38.2	It's already summer's already over.
0:40.1	Uh, it is Jean.
0:41.5	It's post-labor day, at least, because it's blazing hot still in Los Angeles.
0:46.2	But pumpkin spice lattes are on the menu again and all around the country school is back in session.
0:52.0	I haven't been to school since 2000.
0:53.6	You know what?
0:54.1	Doesn't matter how long it's been, 11th of school.
0:56.4	But I still get back to school anxiety dream to all the time.
0:58.9	Oh, me too.
	...

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