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The Suburban Women Problem

Equity Isn’t A Dirty Word (with Carrie Douglass, Ethan Ashley, and Maya Guy)

The Suburban Women Problem

Red Wine & Blue

News, Kids & Family, Politics, Parenting, Government

4.8850 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been talking about right-wing extremists' push for “parents’ rights” all year and there are so many ways that manifests: banning books, banning sex ed classes, banning rainbow flags in the classroom... and another thing they don’t want our kids learning about is race. This week we’re discussing equity in education, and in particular what school boards can do about it.The hosts are joined by Maya Guy, who was elected to school board in Virginia. Maya shares some work she’s done to ensure...

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0:00.0

Nothing gets things done like us moms.

0:08.7

I mean, we do.

0:09.6

We make the world go around.

0:11.1

Because no one's coming to rescue us.

0:12.8

No, there's no Superman.

0:15.4

We got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

0:19.8

Welcome to the suburban women problem, a podcast from Red, Wine, and Blue.

0:26.7

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Jasmine Clark. I'm Rachel Vendman. I'm Amanda Weinstein.

0:32.5

And you're listening to The Suburban Women Problem. We've been talking about the rights push for parents' rights

0:39.1

all year, and there are so many ways that manifest through banning books, banning sex ed

0:45.7

classes, banning rainbow flags and classrooms, and another thing they don't want our kids

0:51.3

learning about is race. Whether it's DeSantis banning AP African

0:56.2

American Studies or the thousands of little ways that students of color are treated unequally

1:01.9

every single day, we need to make sure we're providing a safe and equitable space for our students.

1:09.0

So this week, I sat down with founders of school board partners,

1:13.4

an organization that connects and supports anti-racist school board members across the country.

1:20.3

And before that, we'll chat with Maya Guy, a mom in Virginia, who ran for school board to

1:26.7

stand up for the kids in her district.

1:29.4

But before we get to all that, how are you guys and what's been blowing up our group chat?

1:34.5

Oh, man. As you were saying that, I was like Oprah was in my head going, you get a ban and you get a ban and you get a ban.

1:41.4

Everyone here gets bans. That's how it feels.

1:44.9

It really does feel that way all the time.

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