Hi everyone, it's Rund.

And Rond.

Something we've been thinking about lately on through line is this idea of what it means

to be American here in the US.

Especially since this country is made up of so many people with different ethnic, religious,

and cultural backgrounds.

And we know there's both often this embrace and rejection of that diversity happening

around us all the time, even in places that we think of as being really diverse, like

Queens, New York.

Our friends over at Code Switch have teamed up with Brooklyn Deep to present a series

called School Colors, which is all about how race, class, and power shape American cities

and schools.

And today we want to share an episode with you that takes us to Queens, specifically

the South Jamaica neighborhood, which shows us how the battle over getting a good education

is also about housing segregation.

Coming up, the Making of the South Side.

Parent after parent after parent, they were complaining and there was screaming.

They were not just talking.

They were screaming at them that I had never seen anything like that before.

And with every parent, I disappeared more and more from my chair.

I was like in front row.

In 2019, School District 28 was chosen by the New York City Department of Education to

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