I don't know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institution.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children, on some idealism which you assure me

exists in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge

white people about Black history.

I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host Katina and

Gary. Today we are interviewing Dr. Teresa J. Canada. She is a professor in the education

and educational psychology department at Western Connecticut State University. She served as

chairperson of the department from July 2007 until September 2011. She is the author of the book entitled

Desegregation of the New York City Schools,

a story of the Silk Stocking Sisters.

In her book, she describes it as an experiment

and telling the story of the desegregation of PS6,

an elite New York City public school.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

All right, so we have a very special guest today, Dr. Teresa Canada, who has an amazing story

that is very much African-American history and American history

in discussing desegregation, specifically in New York City.

In an elementary school, she's written a book about it.

But as always, whenever we have African-American

guests specifically, I always ask, who are you? Who is Dr. Teresa Canada? My first response has to, of course,

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