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Hello, and welcome to the B-Side for episode 14 of our national conversation about conversations about race, the A-word episode.

I love that title, by the way, Tanner.

I know you came up with that.

I'm Rekalcipator here in Panopolis, New York Studios, with my regular co-discussant Tanner called called bzikisitz

he's called bizzynski spelled like kielbasa the sausage feel free to call me that if you want

and the broski AC we're going to come back to that and joining us is our very special guest

bret, Rebecca Carroll,

columnist for the Guardian and author of several narrative nonfiction books about race in America,

including the award-winning Sugar in the Raw.

Sugar in the Raw.

Yeah, girl.

Welcome, Rebecca.

Thank you.

On our last episode, we discussed the A-word, assimilation, and its relative pros and cons,

and the struggle to integrate two public schools, PS8 and PS307, here in our own rapidly

gentrifying backyard in Brooklyn.

Here's what some of you had to say, but first.

First of all, I really love the last episode. Thank you.

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