How to Close the Income Gap

Denene Millner, a New York Times bestselling author and the editor of Denene Millner Books, an imprint of Agate Publishing, joins to discuss her Times op-ed about raising her children with a new definition of success.

Denene Millner (@MyBrownBaby) writes a lot about the challenges of raising black kids in "an America that still hasn't reconciled with what it means to live authentically with people of color."

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) April 3, 2018

Then, Ibram X. Kendi, history and international relations professor at American University, director of The Antiracist Research and Policy Center, columnist at The Atlantic and the author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Nation Books, 2017), continues our conversation from last Friday on income mobility and offers policy solutions to close the gap. 

@DrIbram says standardized testing has led to all types of disparities in which white kids score higher -- so he suggests, instead of assuming something is wrong with people who score lower, ppl in charge of policy should wonder if there is something wrong with the tests.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) April 3, 2018