Ep. 1: Academic Apartheid w/Sean J. Drake

01/13/23 • 36 min

Sean J. Drake joins to discuss his recent book, Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb. Drawing on more than two years of ethnographic observation and dozens of interviews at two distinct high schools in a racially diverse Southern California suburb, Drake unveils hidden institutional mechanisms that lead to the overt segregation and symbolic criminalization of Black, Latinx, and lower-income students who struggle academically. Hosted/edited/mixed by Tyler Bond.

Buy the book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520381377/academic-apartheid

Music: "Bluenotation" by Ezra Skull, used under license from ccMixter.

Buy the book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520381377/academic-apartheid

Music: "Bluenotation" by Ezra Skull, used under license from ccMixter.

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Ep. 2: Teacher Racial Bias w/Ying Shi & Maria Zhu

Ying Shi and Maria Zhu join to discuss their cutting-edge research on teacher racial & ethnic bias. They find that teachers systematically rate Black and Hispanic students less favorably than White and Asian students, even among students with identical test scores. In addition, the presence of any Asian student in the classroom exacerbates pre-existing teacher biases. This suggests that the “model minority” stereotype can negatively impact other minority groups despite its positive connotation.

Hosted by Bob Bifulco, Director of the Program on Educational Equity & Policy (PEEPs) at Syracuse University. Edited/mixed by Tyler Bond.

READ THE PAPER: https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1464&context=cpr

Music: "Bluenotation" by Ezra Skull, used under license from ccMixter.