Investing in the Future through Education
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Not only is the classroom the gateway to education, it’s also the first place we learn about ourselves. Growing up, so many Black and brown kids learn not just about math and science, but about racism, microaggressions, and the world through the biases kids – and teachers – bring into the classroom. Lately, conservatives have been buzzing with complaints about the books children are being taught and critical race theory brainwashing children. This politicization of education is rooted in white supremacy.
To understand what’s happening in classrooms today, A’shanti talks to parent and educator Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera who is the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at her local school district.
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The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast is all about amplifying the voices of women who are too often forgotten in media coverage. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. In the BGG to Politics blog, A’shanti created a space for women of color to learn about the current state of politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible women changing the course of the country. A’shanti founded the blog in 2018 and Wonder Media Network is thrilled to extend her platform to audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all. I'm Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:05.1 | The BGG is the one-stop shop for women of color who want to talk and shape the world of politics. |
| 0:12.9 | This season, we're getting deep into the details of Project 2025. |
| 0:18.7 | In 900-plus pages, it's proposing dramatic conservative changes to education, |
| 0:24.3 | health care, and foreign affairs. But underpinning it all is an entirely new vision for how |
| 0:31.1 | the government operates, and that could change everything. Thank you so much to our friends |
| 0:37.2 | at Way to Win for supporting us |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to the Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get |
| 0:44.8 | your podcast. Hey, Brown Girls. Before we start, I want to tell you about a Radiotopia show, The Stoop. |
| 0:56.7 | It's an award-winning podcast hosted by journalist Lila Day and Hanna Baba that tells stories from across the black diaspora. |
| 1:06.4 | Lila's African American, Hana's Sudanese American, and they get personal about what it means to be black today. |
| 1:15.6 | They're in their eighth season, and together they explore black life through intimate conversations and reporting that dig deep into the lived realities of being black. |
| 1:27.0 | The joyful, the painful, and everything in between. |
| 1:32.6 | It's personal, it's communal, it's where you let your guard down and just get real. |
| 1:39.0 | Join Lila Hanna on the Stoop from Radiotopia. |
| 1:56.2 | Hey, Brown Girls, it's Ashanti, hosts of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 1:59.6 | This season has been all about the midterms. |
| 2:03.1 | We've been talking about making change at the polls, |
| 2:09.2 | on the campaign trail, and on the ground. But there's one battleground for change we haven't discussed yet. And boy, do we need to. This episode, classes in session, because we're going back to |
| 2:16.8 | school. The classroom is ground zero for education, |
| 2:20.9 | but it's also the first place we learn about ourselves. Growing up, so many black and brown kids |
| 2:27.6 | are learning not just about math and science, but about racism, microaggressions, and the world through the biases kids and teachers bring into the classroom. |
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