Karen Benjamin
@kallienebenjamin.bsky.social
Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
Thank you! If you do get a chance to read the book, would love to hear your thoughts/questions. Feel free to reach out!
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank you! If you do get a chance to read the book, would love to hear your thoughts/questions. Feel free to reach out!
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I’m committed to doing everything in my power to build a world where our children don’t have to fear getting shot when they go to school, and I hope you’ll join me.
August 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m committed to doing everything in my power to build a world where our children don’t have to fear getting shot when they go to school, and I hope you’ll join me.
Yes! Schools were not designed to be equal (and would not have produced such a high level of residential segregation if they had been). Affluent white parents were taught to believe that their children's success depended on opportunities that were denied to other children.
August 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Yes! Schools were not designed to be equal (and would not have produced such a high level of residential segregation if they had been). Affluent white parents were taught to believe that their children's success depended on opportunities that were denied to other children.