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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Dr. Zakiya Ellis and the Future of Higher Education

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by principal at Education Counsel and former New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Zakiya Ellis to discuss the future of higher education access for Black students (4:15), the prospect of student debt relief (11:58), and reacting to Florida’s new bill that would ban diversity and inclusion programs (17:15). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Dr. Zakiya Ellis Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Selfis Podcast.

0:18.0

Today, you know, is an amazing episode where we get to talk about something that we care about on this show a lot.

0:26.4

And we have none other than Zakea. By the way, before we start, Donnie, Zakea Zakeaa zakaya because I want to pronounce it correct the here Okay, I just wanted to make sure that I've that I pronounce it correctly because that and blame it on my mind that my heart

0:41.6

That's all right.

0:42.6

All right.

0:43.3

Welcome to another episode of Bacari Sellers podcast.

0:45.0

Today we have joining with us, Zakia Ellis.

0:47.6

How are you doing today?

0:49.7

I'm doing great.

0:50.7

How are you?

0:51.7

I don't have too many complaints at least none you really

0:54.0

want to hear about okay you have small children as do I so we're a small child so um there's

0:59.3

lots of how did yours? She's two. One of my four-year-olds came in about three, jumped in bed with us, which he always does, and he snuggles next to me.

1:13.0

And then the other four-year-old came stumping around there.

1:15.8

To my mama, mama, I need you to come get in my bed with me

1:19.6

at 4 a.m. cutting on lights, talking to people.

1:22.1

I couldn't do the twins. just go into her room and we trade off so I was there from about four to five a.m. Yeah that is yeah

1:30.8

lovely anyway everybody won't twins except people to have twins.

1:36.0

I mean, I'm sure yours are great, but I don't want twins.

1:42.0

So look, we start each one of our episodes the same way

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