Eve L. Ewing on Structural Racism & "Ghosts in the Schoolyard"

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

"Ghosts in the Schoolyard" author Eve L. Ewing breaks down the history of racism that led to a series of school closures in the South Side of Chicago. Originally aired in December 2018.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.5	Now.
0:03.5	Welcome to the show.
0:05.5	Thanks, thanks for having me.
0:07.0	This is so cool to have you here.
0:09.0	Shai Town, is that what you shouted?
0:11.0	Yeah, that is what you shouted.
0:12.0	Oh, nice.
0:13.0	Okay, you roll with a posse.
0:14.0	This is nice.
0:15.0	It's a Chicago thing.
0:16.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:17.0	They just shout this everywhere you go.
0:18.0	All the time, walking down the street all the time.
0:19.0	Okay, that could be a very cool and then very distracting.
0:22.0	At other times.
0:23.0	Yes.
0:24.0	Let's get into a story that is painful
0:28.0	and yet all too familiar and funny enough not just unique to America.
0:32.0	But the story speaks about racism in schools
0:35.0	that are being closed on Chicago's south side.
0:37.0	It seems like a problem that many politicians would claim
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