Nice White Parents

1: The Book of Statuses

It’s 2015 and one Brooklyn middle school is about to receive a huge influx of new students. In this episode, Chana Joffe-Walt, a reporter, follows what happens when the School of International Studies’ 6th grade class swells from 30 mostly Latino, Black and Middle Eastern students, to 103 — an influx almost entirely driven by white families. Everyone wants “what… Play episode