Nice White Parents

Nice White Parents is a podcast produced by Serial Productions and The [New York Times] and hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.

Background

The podcast is produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times. The podcast is hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt. The five episode podcast debuted on July 30, 2020 and ended on August 20, 2020. The podcast discusses how progressive white parents can have a negative impact on the integration of schools. The series chose to focus on progressive schools in the northeast because they are some of the most segregated schools in the United States. The first episode discusses a fund raising party for a dual-language French program for a Brooklyn public school and contrasts the economic class of the party attendees and the students. The podcast focuses on the Boerum School of International Studies in Brooklyn. The podcast discusses the school districts history going back to the 1960s. In the final episode of the series Joffe-Walt discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected education. It was reported in 2020 that Issa Rae is going to produce a comedy series based on the podcast. The show was criticised by Fox News.