“People’s Kids Are the Center of Their World”- Caitlin Dickerson on the Horrors of Family Separation

UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this week’s episode, Undistracted host Brittany Packnett Cunningham talks to journalist Caitlin Dickerson about one of the darkest policy moments in American history: the “Zero Tolerance” family separation initiative. Caitlin spent 18 months investigating family separation for The Atlantic. She conducted over 150 interviews in order to unpack the administrative decisions that led us here, as well as the collateral trauma still playing out today. In this conversation, we learn about the intentionality behind “Zero Tolerance,” the families that are still separated, and how actions like this can cause intergenerational wounds. But first, this week’s UNtrending news. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Asahi Pompeii, Global Head of Corporate Engagement and President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation.
0:12.0	I'm excited that today's episode of Undistracted
0:15.9	is brought to you by Goldman Sachs 10,000 small businesses, which helps entrepreneurs create
0:21.7	jobs and economic opportunity by providing access to education,
0:26.7	capital and business support services.
0:29.3	Later in the episode, you'll hear from one of our program graduates and learn more about their business
0:34.4	and experiences. To learn more or apply to Goldman Sachs 10,000 small businesses
0:39.8	visit GS.com slash 10Ks B. And Hey y'all, it's Brittany. There is so much I never fully anticipated about
1:11.0	parenthood, feeling perpetually
1:13.0	unrested. That time baby M decided to do a full number two while I was
1:18.0	giving him a bath this past Sunday. That was fun. The way his smile alone
1:22.3	would make me feel 10 feet tall on even the cloudiest day.
1:27.2	One of the things I never fully expected was how much I'd miss my son all the time.
1:32.2	Even when he's sleep. Like he's in the next room Brit relax but I
1:36.8	knew in advance that some of the issues I cared most about would take on new meaning for me. I started my career in education and spent
1:45.1	13 years in the field, daily asking myself that old Maasai tribe greeting in the form of a
1:50.8	question, how are the children?
1:53.7	I even printed out that phrase to ensure that it sat on every desk I had, but there was nothing
1:59.3	that could compare to having my own child and measuring everything against how it would impact him
2:05.7	and how I'd respond as his mother. Family separation is something I pray to
2:11.8	never have to endure. Of course it is a very real part of our
2:16.4	American history. Enslaved children being sold off from their families,
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