Welcome to Karen Hunter is awesome. I am Karen Hunter. And today I want to share with you an interview

that I did, I think it's in 2023, with Dr. Jawanza Kanjufu. I was so, so excited to speak with him because growing up

in my household, countering the conspiracy to destroy black boys, volumes one, two, and three

were in my household. And this was before I had a brother. My father had books just littered around the house, books that he studied, books that he read.

And this was one of them.

And I remember being impacted by that, just the title alone, the conspiracy to destroy black boys.

And this man, as an educator, was talking about ways in which the education system classically designed to target, to classify,

to diminish black boys. And it was an important enough book for my dad to have it even before he

had a son. And so I think about today education being on the table in terms of it being

destroyed the education department in the United States of America.

But even our schools locally, how they perceive our children, who's in the classroom,

who's teaching, what they're being taught.

So super important.

So over the next few days, I want to explore in this podcast, people who, this is their

life mission.

The other thing is, he made transition recently.

And I thought it was important to honor his life by having a conversation and introducing

those of you who are not familiar with him in all of his books. He made transition April 21st.

And I just want to say, you lived, you did good things.

And in many ways, my career because of how my household was run, can be directly tied to the work that you did.

So rest in power, Dr. Jwanza Kanjufu, and thank you for your work.

Up next, my interview with him.

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