Today’s show: AirTalk host Larry Mantle talks with the new LAUSD superintendent and discusses new memoir on the use of the N-word, new CA laws, Comcast splits NBCUniversal, and SoCal 250 years ago.
New LAUSD superintendent talks about his goals for the district
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Why now: The board met privately to discuss the district’s top job three days after Alberto Carvalho resigned. Carvalho wrote in a letter that he was leaving “because I believe our schools must remain focused on students and learning without distraction.”
Who is Andrés Chait? Chait rose through the ranks from teacher to administrator at LAUSD over nearly three decades. The responsibilities of his most recent role, chief of school operations, included overseeing school safety, athletics and the district’s office of emergency management.
With files from LAist
New memoir explores the contemporary use of the N-word
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The author: Pryor explores the word’s split life, the hard “er” slur and the reclaimed version, and her father’s own decision, late in his career, to stop saying it after a trip to Kenya. The book runs 336 pages with 11 researched historical interludes…