Bonnie Anderson
Appearances
This American Life
758: Talking While Black
I don't even know where to start. So the first thing that I noticed is all of the microaggressions that the author is depicting.
This American Life
758: Talking While Black
Do you really think that Jerry Craft went to an all-Jewish school, which he did, And you really think he was given KFC gift certificates? Because he says these are things he went through. Wait, it's not a Jewish school.
This American Life
758: Talking While Black
Regardless, let's just pretend that all the things he wrote about being called an Oreo, all those things actually happened. Um, regardless, let's just pretend for a second that all those things happened or let's take his word. All those things happened. It doesn't matter.
This American Life
758: Talking While Black
Because you don't harm future generations of children because you went through a bad experience. You don't poison the minds of my children. Even if it happened, you do not poison the minds of other kids and make them feel like Like they have to make concessions for being white.
This American Life
758: Talking While Black
So these books teach children the preordained conclusion that white children have wealth, status, and race privilege. while children of color must suffer the racist ignorance of these privileged families. You remember from the books that the white mom does nothing but play yoga all day, and the white boy feels neglected, and they live in a mansion, and they drive in the Range Rover.