Race and Education in an American Suburb

Into America

Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Southlake, Texas seemed like an idyllic town. Then two racist videos pulled back the curtain; and the fallout threatened to tear the community apart.

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0:00.0	In 2018 and 2019, two videos of white students sang the N-word when viral in South Lake
0:14.0	Texas.
0:15.5	Back then, the Welpy Dallas suburb mostly reacted with shock and outrage.
0:20.0	The mayor and the Carol Independent School District promised to take action and create
0:24.2	a better environment for students of color.
0:26.4	Racism, discrimination, intolerance, exclusion.
0:31.9	These things don't have a place in South Lake.
0:35.4	The time is now to challenge perceptions.
0:38.8	To talk to each other.
0:40.4	Then came 2020 and the Black Lives Matter movement picked up steam.
0:44.7	And right along with it came backlash.
0:46.9	And that backlash threatened to take over the town of South Lake.
0:49.9	This is where you cannot shut us up.
0:51.8	You cannot keep us quiet.
0:53.3	Nobody has any respect for you.
0:55.9	You no longer get to implement your woke agenda on Carol Ioste.
0:59.9	Racism in reverse is racism.
1:02.9	Shame.
1:03.9	I'm Chameleon and this is into America.
1:10.9	Today, we bring you a look at South Lake.
1:15.0	A new six-part podcast from NBC News is a story about how a group of parents and students
1:20.8	try to confront racism in their schools and got steamrolled by their own community.
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